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Sailing directions, general, probably compiled by C.V. Penrose.
Sailing directions, general, probably compiled by C.V. Penrose, 1770-1800. See Appendix
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Object details
ID:
NVP/5
Type:
Manuscript
Display location:
Not on display
Date made:
1770-1800
Credit:
National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Parts:
Navigation: Practice (Manuscript)
Sailing direction for the Mediterranean. (Manuscript) (NVP/1)
Description of Hadley's Quadrant and the principles involved in its construction. (Manuscript) (NVP/2)
Sailing directions, compiled from various authors covering all quarters of the globe. (Manuscript) (NVP/3)
Sailing directions for the Mediterranean. (Manuscript) (NVP/4)
Sailing directions, general, probably compiled by C.V. Penrose. (Manuscript) (NVP/5)
Sailing directions for the Channel and The Mediterranean. (Manuscript) (NVP/6)
A Nautical Description of the Line of Coast from the Nore to Orfordness. (Manuscript) (NVP/7)
Navigation notebook of Lieutenant Robert Scott of the ship DAVID SCOTT, East India Company. (Manuscript) (NVP/8)
Notes on voyages with some navigational details. Compiler unknown. (Manuscript) (NVP/9)
'A Book of Drafts with Remarks, with Lattitude, Longitude of Places, of the Variation of the Compass, of Sands Shoals Soundings....' [etc] (Manuscript) (NVP/11)
Manuscript charts of anchorages in the Mediterranean and some watercolour sketches, circa 1804. (Manuscript) (NVP/12)
Record of temperature readings for 1780-83. (Manuscript) (NVP/13)
Sketch book of Mediterranean landfalls. (Manuscript) (NVP/14)
Journal en forme de Borthlan de la campagne des galeres au voyage d'Alger en l'annee. (Manuscript) (NVP/15)
Navigational workbook of Staff-Commander Henry A. Moriarty kept in the ships RETRIBUTION, DUKE OF WELLINGTON, AGAMEMNON, ROYAL ALBERT, MARLBOROUGH, GREAT EASTERN. (Manuscript) (NVP/16)
Note and sketch book by R.W. Whish, Indian Navy. (Manuscript) (NVP/17)
Instructions for the East Indies with useful observations. (Manuscript) (NVP/18)
Sketchbook containing views of the Mediterranean, 1805-24 and sailing directions. Signed by Captain Charles Mantagu Walker. (Manuscript) (NVP/19)
Sailing directions mainly for Eastern Seas, ca.1815, by Captain Robert Williams, East India Company. (Manuscript) (NVP/20)
Sailing directions: 'Remarks on the Passage through the Gulf of Florida' and 'Remarks on Cumberland Harbour'. (Manuscript) (NVP/21)
'Observations for Latitude', 1874, probably kept on board HMS NASSAU. (Manuscript) (NVP/22)
Navigation workings book kept by Ralph Baker, senior captain of the British India Steam Navigation Company, on board various BI ships. (Manuscript) (NVP/23)
Sailing directions and instructions, "The North Sea Pilot", 1853 by John Bailey Thorpe. (Manuscript) (NVP/24)
A scratch navigational work book kept by Henry Edward Cheeseman. (Manuscript) (NVP/25/1)
Identification card with photograph, issued by US Dept. of Labour. (Manuscript) (NVP/25/2)
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