A Directory for the Navigation of the South Pacific Ocean: With Descriptions of Its Coasts, Islands, Etc., from the Strait of Magalhaens to Panama, and Those of New Zealand, Australia, Etc., Its Winds, Currents and Passages

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Laurie, 1871 - Atmospheric circulation - 986 pages
 

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A Directory for the Navigation of the South Pacific Ocean: With Descriptions ...
Alexander George Findlay
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TitleA Directory for the Navigation of the South Pacific Ocean: With Descriptions of Its Coasts, Islands, Etc., from the Strait of Magalhaens to Panama, and Those of New Zealand, Australia, Etc., Its Winds, Currents and Passages
AuthorAlexander George Findlay
Edition3
PublisherLaurie, 1871
Original fromUniversity of Iowa
Digitized29 Dec 2015
Length986 pages
  
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