Seamanship: And Its Associated Duties in the Royal Navy : Together with a Treatise on Nautical Surveying for the Use of Officers on General Service |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Seamanship: And Its Associated Duties in the Royal Navy : Together with a Treatise on Nautical Surveying for the Use of Officers on General Service |
| Author | Alfred Henry Alston |
| Publisher | Routledge, Warne & Routledge, 1860 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | Dec 6, 2007 |
| Length | 445 pages |
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