Cartography - Marine - Lot 420

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Cartography - Marine - Lot 420
Cartography - Marine BOUGARD (René) Le petit flambeau de la mer, ou le véritable guide des pilotes côtiers ; où il est clairement enseigné la manière de naviguer le long de toutes les Côtes de France, d'Angleterre, d'Irlande, d'Espagne, de Portugal, d'Italie, de Sicile, de Malte Havre de Grace, Gruchet & Faure, 1752. In-4 : 3f., 415pp. 9f. (table). Numerous woodcut figures: plans of ports, sections of coasts, maps of islands, ships: Western Europe, Italy, Corsica, Sicily, Malta, North Africa. Old soft vellum, small lacks of skin, handwritten Ph. Gallichan on upper cover. The most famous and authoritative pilotage manual of the 18th century, first published in 1684. The work is a real memento for the seafarer with in addition the times of the tides, the currents, the depths, the quality of the bottoms, the present dangers In addition to the meticulous description of the coasts of the countries and islands indicated by the title, this work contains a "Description of the principal ports and bays where the ships touch, both to and from the East Indies, with a table of the variations encountered during this voyage". Edition not cited by Polak.
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