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New Handbook for the Indian Ocean, Arabian Sea and Bay of Bengal, with miscellaneous subjects for sail and steam, Mauritius cyclones and currents, moon observations and sail-making. [With plates and maps

BREBNER, Charles William. · 1898 · “Times of India” Press · 21 pictures

A mariner's handbook by Charles William Brebner, printed at the "Times of India" Press in Bombay in 1898 for officers navigating the Indian Ocean, Arabian Sea and Bay of Bengal under sail and steam. The plates are fine-line sailmaking diagrams: triangular sail plans ruled into cloth panels, with hand-lettered measurements, seam lines and arcs struck from compass points.

British Library · HMNTS 10497.aa.30. · Digitised by the British Library with Microsoft · No known copyright restrictions (public domain) · More from this library