The western navigator; containing directions for the navigation of the Ohio and Mississippi, and information concerning the towns, &c., on their banks.
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Author / Creator: | Cumings, Samuel |
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Imprint: | Philadelphia, E. Littell, 1822. |
Description: | 4, 232, [6] p. and atlas of 27 fold. maps. 23 cm. & 42 cm. |
Language: | English |
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Format: | Print Book |
Local Note: | University of Chicago Library's Rare copy lacking atlas. |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/3184721 |
Item Description: | The atlas has title: The western navigator; containing charts of the Ohio river...and of the Mississippi river...Accompanied by directions for the navigation of the Ohio and Mississippi...vol.1. The volume of text forms v. 2 of the work. Later editions published under title: The western pilot. "Cumings' editions of the 'Navigator' and 'Pilot'...were amplifications of [The navigator of Zadok] Cramer...without acknowledgment of the main source of their material."--Sabin, Bibl. amer., v. 5, p. 126. "List of steam-boats...in operation on the Mississippi and confluent waters...1822": v. 2, p. [69]-70. "General description of the regions around the gulf of Mexico": v. 2, p. [71]-170. "Marine insurance": v. 2, p. [71]-229. |
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Physical Description: | 4, 232, [6] p. and atlas of 27 fold. maps. 23 cm. & 42 cm. |