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The sailor's sea-book

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Contents

NAVIGATION
1
Mariners Compass
8
Distance and the Nautical Mile
14

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The sailor's sea-book: Rudimentary treatise on navigation
The sailor's sea-book: Rudimentary treatise on navigation
James Greenwood
Full view - 1850
The sailor's sea-book: Rudimentary treatise on navigation
The sailor's sea-book: Rudimentary treatise on navigation
James Greenwood
Full view - 1850
The Sailor's Sea-Book
The Sailor's Sea-Book
James Greenwood
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TitleThe sailor's sea-book
Volume 55 of Weale's rudimentary series
AuthorJames Greenwood
EditorWilliam Henry Rosser
Published1879
Original fromOxford University
DigitizedJun 26, 2006
  
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