Horsburgh, James: India Directory, or: Directions for Sailing to and f...

Horsburgh, James: India Directory, or: Directions for Sailing to and from the East Indies, China, New Holland, Cape of Good Hope, Brazil and the Interjacent Ports I. London, 1816-18. Szerzői. 6 sztl lev, XXVI. 558p. + 48p (supplement). Címlap hiányzik) Korabeli félbőr kötésben utolsó néhány lapon szúrágással. Alapvető hajózási kézikönyv a világuraló brit flotta kapitányának tapasztaltai alapján, a 19. század elejének egyik legfontosabb hajózási kézikönyve volt ? különösen az India?Kína tengeri útvonalakon. Nagyon ritka, összesen 4 példány szerepelt nemzetközi szinten is árverésen.

Horsburgh, James: India Directory, or: Directions for Sailing to and from the East Indies, China, New Holland, Cape of Good Hope, Brazil and the Interjacent Ports I. London, 1816-18. 6 vols, XXVI. 558p. + 48p (supplement). Title page missing) Contemporary half leather binding with worm damage on the last few pages. Basic navigation manual based on the experiences of the world-ruling British fleet. Very rare navigation book, a total of 4 copies were also auctioned internationally.


Second edition, first published in 1809-11 as Directions for Sailing to and from the East Indies, first edition of the Supplement. This important publication was to become the standard manual for eastern navigation. Intended for use at sea, all editions of the Directory are uncommon; of this second, only three copies have appeared at auction in the last 70 years.

The preface notes that "elaborate directions for the navigation of the Red Sea, by Captains Moresby and Elwon, of the Indian Navy, latterly published by the Honourable East India Company, have... been transferred to this work verbatim; and much additional information on the coast of Arabia, the Persian Gulf, the River Indus, and the Maldiva [sic] Islands, has been added... as well as several contributions to the hydrography of the West and North-west Coasts of Australia, and of Bass's Straits, by Captain Wickham, of HMS Beagle".