THE ATHENAEUMDirections for Navigating on Part of the South Coast of NewfoundlandJames Cook
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Directions for Navigating on Part of the South Coast of Newfoundland
Read it in the Library After Dark Or read it as plain textBefore he sailed to the Pacific, James Cook spent five summers surveying the coasts of Newfoundland, and his charts were so good that they were still in use a century later. These are the sailing directions he published to go with one of them. It is short, practical and full of soundings, and it is where the great navigator made his name.
The librarian
- Reading time
- About 35 minutes
- Where to find it
- The Map Room
- Edition
- Project Gutenberg, eBook #21915. In the public domain in the United States.