The seaman's complete daily assistant, and new mariner's compass : being an easy method of keeping a journal at sea ... : the whole exemplified in a journal from the Lizard to the Island of St. Mary ... : To which is prefixed a short and easy treatise on arithmetic ... : To this edition is added, The use of Hadley's quadrant and mercator's chart, with many valuable improvements ..

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