A Directory for the Navigation of the Pacific Ocean, Vol. 2 of 2

Download or read book A Directory for the Navigation of the Pacific Ocean, Vol. 2 of 2 written by Alexander George Findlay and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-07-08 with total page 776 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A Directory for the Navigation of the Pacific Ocean, Vol. 2 of 2: With Description of Its Coasts, Islands, From the Strait of Magalhaens to the Arctic Sea, and Those of Asia and Australia; Its Winds, Currents, and Other Phenomena In the Introduction to the first part we have given a brief enumeration of the principal authorities upon which the authenticity of our book rests. It is unnecessary to allude to this further here, the more especially as the subsequent pages will show that the original works are carefully quoted for each article. And the reader will be able to judge as to the degree of dependence, necessarily very various, which each account may claim. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.