Author: NAVAL PILOT
Title: The Red Sea. From Suez and from 'Akabah to the Straits of Báb-elmandeb, and the Arabian Coast Thence to 'Aden> with Directions for the Navigation of the Suez Canal.
Description: Printed for the Hydrographic Office, Admiralty, 1873. 2nd Edition. pp. vii, [1], 255. Original red cloth boards, discoloured, front inner joint a little cracked, spine lettering faded but a sound copy. Notable for being partly revised by George Nares, navigator and arctic explorer, the commander of the first vessel to pass through the Suez Canal, employing a night time ruse to cut in front of the French Imperial yacht. Although he received an official reprimand he was unofficially lauded by the Admiralty and promoted to captain. Contains much of interest on local geography, climate and trade.

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