Author: Purdy, John & Alex G. Findlay.
Title: The Brasilian navigator; or, Sailing directory for all the coasts of Brasil, etc., from the River Para to the Rio de la Plata, including general instructions for the routes both from England and from North America, with descriptions of, and directions for, the Madeira, Canary, and Cape Verde Islands, Fernando Noronha, etc. [...]. By John Purdy. 4th edition. Improved from the obercations of MM. Tardy de Montravel, [etc.], By Alex G. Findlay.
Description: Lodnon, Richard Holmes Laurie 1854. XII,224 pp. Contemp. wrappers. 8vo. - Spine damaged; backcover & last pages stained. - With (cancelled) bookplate of the Scheepvaartmuseum Amsterdam. Extremely rare fourth edition of this sailing guide for the Brazilian coast (only one copy of the 4th edition registered in Worldcat). Of the of various editions issued between 1838 and 1862 only 12 copies are listed on OCLC. This work was issued to accompany Laurie's new general chart of the coasts, entitled 'General chart of the coasts of Brasil, &c., from the River Para to Buenos Ayres; with particular plans of the harbours.'

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