71673 FINDLAY, Alexander George. A DIRECTORY FOR THE NAVIGATION OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC OCEAN; with description of its Coasts, Islands, etc., from the Strait of Magalhaens to Panama, and those of New Zealand, Australia, etc.; its Winds, Currents, and Passages
- R. H. Laurie. London. 1884. 5th edition of the 1851 original. LVI, 1252, (2) PP, plus 4 b/w plates with 14 coastal views, and 6 folded charts (in colour) "Chart of the Pacific Ocean shewing the Surface Currents and Ice Drifts", "Chart of the Fiji Islands", "Chart of the Pacific Ocean shewing the Prevalent Winds", "The South Pacific Ocean shewing the Lines of Equal Magnetic Variation and Dip", "Chart of the Pacific Ocean Bottom Chart", and "The South Pacific Ocean Track Chart". Rebacked copy. Cloth cover, gilt title on leather vignette pasted down on spine. Slight ageing of paper, and light foxing. Two first leaves repaired. Two of the folded charts have been reinforced, and one is split at a fold, o/wise near fine. Ingleton bookplate on front endpaper. Scarce. 25.4 x 17.
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