Findley (Alexander George). A Directory for the navigation of the Indian Ocean..., 1876

Findley (Alexander George). A Directory for the navigation of the Indian Ocean, with descriptions of its Coasts, Islands, etc., from the Cape of Good Hope to the Strait of Sunda and Western Australia, including also the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf; the winds, monsoons, and currents, and the passages from Europe to its various Ports, 3rd edition, London: Richard Holmes Laurie, 1876, 16 lithographed maps, mostly folding or double-page, occasional light spotting, map facing page 151 (Passages over the Indian Ocean) torn without loss to upper edge, final map (Colombo) bound facing page 920 (not page 928 as listed), upper inner hinge partly cracked, original blind-stamped maroon cloth gilt, rubbed and frayed with some wear to joints and head and foot of spine and outer corners, thick 4to

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A substantial work on navigation, covering the Arabian peninsula, and the Indian Ocean from the Cape of Good Hope to Australia. This third edition incorporates according to the note appended to the preface 'much new information... gained by Government survey of the coasts of the Cape Colony and Natal, also of Zanzibar Island, the Gulf of Suez and the Mekran Coasts... The Western Coast of India is described from the Directions for the West Coast of India drawn up by the surveyor, Commander Taylor, in the year 1866'

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