Le petit Neptune François: or, The French coasting pilot. [electronic resource] : Being a particular description of the bays, roads, rocks, sands, land-marks, depths of water, bearings, and distances from place to place; and the setting and flowing of the tides, on the coast of France. With tables of the latitude, longitude, and tides. Translated from the Petit flambeau de la mer of Du Bocage. With improvements from the Nepture Franȯis, Bellin, Belidor, &c. In which the courses and distances are ascertained, from the astronomical observations of the Royal Academy of Sciences at Paris. Illustrated with seventy views of the different appearances of land; and thirty new charts. Drawn from the large map of France taken by triangles by M. Cassini de Thury; the Neptune Franȯis; the charts of Bellins, Michelot, and Bremond; and all the particular surveys of the several parts of the coast of France. Engraved by the Late Thomas Jefferys.
1774
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Le petit Neptune François: or, The French coasting pilot. [electronic resource] : Being a particular description of the bays, roads, rocks, sands, land-marks, depths of water, bearings, and distances from place to place; and the setting and flowing of the tides, on the coast of France. With tables of the latitude, longitude, and tides. Translated from the Petit flambeau de la mer of Du Bocage. With improvements from the Nepture Franȯis, Bellin, Belidor, &c. In which the courses and distances are ascertained, from the astronomical observations of the Royal Academy of Sciences at Paris. Illustrated with seventy views of the different appearances of land; and thirty new charts. Drawn from the large map of France taken by triangles by M. Cassini de Thury; the Neptune Franȯis; the charts of Bellins, Michelot, and Bremond; and all the particular surveys of the several parts of the coast of France. Engraved by the Late Thomas Jefferys.
Uniform Title
Petit flambeau de la mer. English. Adaptations
Edition
The second edition.
Publication Details
London : printed for Faden and Jefferys, geographer to the King, the corner of St. Martin's Lane. Charing-Cross, 1774.
Place of Publication or Printing
Great Britain -- England -- London.
Language
English
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iv,[12],96,6p.,plates ; 4⁰.
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With advertisements.
An adaptation of 'Le petit flambeau de la mer' by Georges Boissaye Du Bocage.
Reproduction of original from Boston Public Library.
An adaptation of 'Le petit flambeau de la mer' by Georges Boissaye Du Bocage.
Reproduction of original from Boston Public Library.
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English Short Title Catalog, N67822.
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Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
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