Navigation

1927 · 59236 — Washington D.C.: Government Printing Office Hydrographic Office U.S. Navy 1927-1930. Three vols. 8vo. x 4 550; viii 4 560 pp.; 1 17 2 leaves. With 4 large folding colour maps 1 w/ toning at fore-edge from being improperly folded some edgewear numerous plates showing lighthouses. Two volumes uniformly bound in red publisher’s cloth gilt lettering front cover & spine darkening to spine fore-edges minor shelfwear dustsoiling minor paint drip at fore-edge 1 vol. Supplement in self-printed softcovers edgewear toning to fore-edges minor predation still VG- set. Third editions revised & updated of vols. I & II first edition of scarce Supplement of these coast pilot guides to South America and Antarctica in the 1920’s. Prior to modern GPS systems and satellite navigation these regularly updated and revised navigation handbooks provided key sailing instructions often drawing not only from Brazilian Argentine and British coast pilots as well as sailing reports from U.S. Navy vessels and those from merchant ships. The first large map delineates the requisite coast pilots for sailing in American waters and charts to be ordered from the Hydrographic Office while the second maps depict the sailing routes. The expanded 3rd edition is quite scarce with 1 copy located of both vols. in Worldcat NYPL. Government Printing Office, Hydrographic Office, U.S. Navy, paperback