Project Gutenberg 2007-06-23 Public domain in the USA. 87 Cook, James 1728 1779 Cook, Captain (James) Cooke, James Directions for Navigating on Part of the South Coast of Newfoundland, with a Chart Thereof, Including the Islands of St. Peter's and Miquelon And a Particular Account of the Bays, Harbours, Rocks, Land-marks, Depths of Water, Latitudes, Bearings, and Distances from Place to Place, the Setting of the Currents, and Flowing of the Tides, &c., from an Actual Survey, Taken by Order of Commodore Pallisser, Governor of Newfoundland, Labradore, &c. Reading ease score: 76.0 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. E-text prepared by two www.PGDP.net volunteers and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Early Canadiana Online (http://www.canadiana.org/)) "Directions for Navigating on Part of the South Coast of Newfoundland, with…" by James Cook is a navigational manual written in the mid-18th century. This book serves as a detailed guide for sailors, covering essential information about the bays, harbors, rocks, landmarks, and various navigational information crucial for safe passage along the south coast of Newfoundland and the adjacent islands of St. Pierre and Miquelon. The content of the book primarily consists of a practical account of navigation in this coastal region, including precise directions for entering and anchoring at various harbors, descriptions of significant geographical features, hazards, and the nature of the underwater terrain. Cook meticulously documents the depths of water, tidal flows, and currents, aiming to aid fishermen and mariners in navigating the often treacherous waters of this area. This document not only showcases the geographical understanding of the time but also reflects the early surveying efforts in maritime navigation. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Navigation -- Newfoundland and Labrador Pilot guides -- Newfoundland and Labrador VK Text Browsing: Science - General Browsing: Travel & Geography 84472 83787 2024-10-09T12:43:23.555114 2023-09-10T04:41:15.267506 text/html text/html 82542 2007-06-23T16:02:11 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 57893 2007-06-23T16:03:45 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 175097 2024-10-09T12:43:31.007099 application/epub+zip 174831 2024-10-09T12:43:27.974116 application/epub+zip 87945 2024-10-09T12:43:26.364107 application/epub+zip 406608 2024-10-09T12:43:33.022076 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 393363 2024-10-09T12:43:30.049079 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 101949 2022-09-10T09:59:45.095983 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 70887 70717 2024-10-09T12:43:23.086130 2023-09-10T04:41:14.928515 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 70861 2007-06-23T15:56:45 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 22328 2007-06-23T15:56:45 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 70876 2007-06-23T15:56:45 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 22334 2007-06-23T15:56:45 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21900 2024-10-09T12:43:33.152077 application/rdf+xml 27519 2024-10-09T12:43:26.939105 image/jpeg 4897 2024-10-09T12:43:26.651157 image/jpeg 174802 2024-10-09T12:43:23.565128 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia