The seaman's daily assistant : being a short, easy, and plain method of keeping a journal at sea : in which are contained, rules shewing how the allowances for leeway, variation, heave of the sea, set of currents, &c. are to be made : and to correct the dead-reckoning by an observation, in all cases : and also all the tables that are any ways necessary for the seaman's use in keeping a journal

The seaman's daily assistant : being a short, easy, and plain method of keeping a journal at sea : in which are contained, rules shewing how the allowances for leeway, variation, heave of the sea, set of currents, &c. are to be made : and to correct the dead-reckoning by an observation, in all cases : and also all the tables that are any ways necessary for the seaman's use in keeping a journal

Table of difference of latitude and departure to every single degree, and as far as 300 miles distance|Journal of a voyage from England toward Madeira

London : Printed for J. Mount, T. Page, and W. Mount ..., 1777.

[8], 160 p. : ill., chiefly tables ; 20 cm. (4to)

L2015F175 1777

(OCoLC)13132229

Half title on sig. A4r: A table of difference of latitude and departure to every single degree, and as far as 300 miles distance; half title, sig. S3r: A journal of a voyage from England toward Madeira.
Signatures: A-X4.
Bound in sheep skin.
Ms. inscription on title: "Halifax Augt. 14th 1777. Charles Callahan. Price 5/-" (British naval officer stationed at Nova scotia); ms. note on front free endpaper: "Grand Passage July 10th 1778. This morning about 5 oclock saw a ship standing for the passage she proved to be His Majesties ship Blonde bound to Annapolis ..." (during this period, "Blonde" was actively engaged in pursuing American privateers and siezing their prizes in Nova Scotia area); navigational calculations in ink on back free endpaper.

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