East Indies pilot. Volume I: Island of Java (with exception of the Western part from Java Head to Batavia), islands east of Java, South and East coasts of Borneo and Celebes Island. H.O. No. 163. . . ; Supplement to Hydrographic Office Publication. No. 163, East Indies Pilot. Vol. I. . . .
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Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, Hydrographic Office, U.S. Navy, 1924; 1930. Two vols. 8vo. 608 pp.; [1], 32, [1] leaves. With1 large folding colour map. 1st vol. in light-green publisher’s buckram, black lettering stamped on front cover & spines (slight uniform toning, darkening to spines, shelfwear), 2nd vol. w/ self-printed softcovers (toning & minor predation, minor chipping to fore-edges), still VG- set, w/ map in bright condition. Second edition of vol. 1, substantially revised & expanded, 1st of 2nd, of these very scarce coast pilot guides to waters of Indonesia drawing upon British Royal Navy coast pilots, Australian, Southeast Asian, Polynesian and U.S. Navy reports. Prior to modern GPS systems and satellite navigation, these regularly updated and revised navigation handbooks provided key sailing instructions. The map outlines the available charts for those covering the difficult sailing conditions through Java, the Celebes, Borneo, Sumatra, the Gulf of Siam, the Celebes, Timor, and more. Worldcat locates only 4 copies of the first vol. (Yale, NYPL, BN Mexico, Stattsbibliotheck Berlin) & 1 copy of the 2nd (U of W).
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- East Indies pilot. Volume I: Island of Java (with exception of the Western part from Java Head to Batavia), islands east of Java, South and East coasts of Borneo and Celebes Island. H.O. No. 163. . . ; Supplement to Hydrographic Office Publication. No. 163, East Indies Pilot. Vol. I. . . .
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- [NAVIGATION & MARITIME -- INDONESIA]
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- Paperback
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- Government Printing Office, Hydrographic Office, U.S. Navy,
- Place of Publication
- Washington, D.C.:
- Date Published
- 1924; 1930.
- Keywords
- Navigation, Sailing, Nautical, Maritime, Sailing Instructions, American Coast Pilot, Maps, Cartography, Australia, New Zealand, New Guinea, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Indonesian Islands, Indonesia, Java, Celebes, Borneo, Gulf of Siam, Sumatra, U.S. Navy,
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