Capt R S Cogle's Hand Book for Board of Trade Examinations
Liverpool, 1885, an instructive pocket book for mariners and sailors
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Printing Details
Thirteenth edition. Small hardback bound in coarse blue cloth with gilt titling to upper board. 18 × 12.5cm, 120pp.
Full title: The New Hand Book for the Board of Trade Examinations, containing all the Latest Alterations in the Examinations, including Sumner's Method, Time Azimuths, Law of Storms etc
A late Victorian guide to help mariners pass their exams, with sections on charts, the sextant, parallel sailing, latitude by star's meridian altitude, semaphore, rules of the road, masting merchant ships, and much more. With four plates of flags, signals and semaphore.
The authors were teachers of navigation in Liverpool at No 35 Upper Pitt Street.
Condition
Good condition for age. There is some rubbing and fading to the blue cloth and a little straining to the inner binding but the book remains firmly attached and in strong readable condition.
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Price
£25.00
