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• Pilots and pilotage -- Early works to 1800
• Early works to 1800

• Pilot guides -- China Sea -- Early works to 1800
• Pilot guides -- Europe -- Early works to 1800
• Pilot guides -- Great Britain -- Early works to 1800
• Pilot guides -- Indian Ocean -- Early works to 1800
• Pilot guides -- Philippines -- Early works to 1800

• The naval gazetteer. (Allen and West, 1795), by John Malham (page images at HathiTrust)
• The zea-atlas, or, The water-world shewing all the sea-coasts of y known parts of y earth, with a generall discription of the same. Verie usefull for all masters & mates of shipps, & likwise for merchants newly sett forth. (At Amsterdam : Printed by Casparus Loots-man, Bookseller upon the Water, in the Loots-man, Anno 1688), by Jacob Aertsz Colom (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• A short compendium of the new and much enlarged sea-book, or, Pilots sea-mirror: containing the distances and thwart courses of the eastern, northern, and western navigation. Newly enlarged and amended, by several experienced navigators. / And now for the benefit and encouragement of our sea-men translated into English: and calculated according to 20 leagues for a degree by L. Childe Esquire. (London, : Printed by W. Godbid for G. Hurlock ... and W. Fisher ..., 1669), by L. Childe (HTML at EEBO TCP)

• Roteiro do Neptuno oriental para a navegaçaõ da China. (Na Offic. Patr. de Francisco Luiz Ameno, 1783), by Jacinto Joseph Paganino (page images at HathiTrust)

• Licht der Zee-vaert. English (At Amsterdam : Printed by VVilliam Iohnson [Blaeu], dvvelling upon the vvater, by the Old Bridge, at the signe of the Golden Son-dyal, Anno 1612), by Willem Janszoon Blaeu (HTML at EEBO TCP)

• Great Britain's coasting-pilot. The first part being a new and exact survey of the sea-coast of England from the River of Thames to the westward with the islands of Scilly and from thence to Carlile ... with directions for coming into the channel between England and France / by Captain Greenville Collins, hydrographer in ordinary to the King and Queens most excellent Majesties. (London : Printed by Freeman Collins and are to be sold by Richard Mount, 1693), by Greenville Collins (HTML at EEBO TCP)

• Roteiro do Neptuno oriental para a navegaçaõ da China. (Na Offic. Patr. de Francisco Luiz Ameno, 1783), by Jacinto Joseph Paganino (page images at HathiTrust)

• Roteiro do Neptuno oriental para a navegaçaõ da China. (Na Offic. Patr. de Francisco Luiz Ameno, 1783), by Jacinto Joseph Paganino (page images at HathiTrust)

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• Certain Errors in Navigation, Detected and Corrected by Edw. Wright; With Many Additions That Were Not in the Former Editions (London: J. Moxon, 1657), by Edward Wright (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• United States coast pilot, Philippine Islands. (Govt. Print. Off., 1919), by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey and Reuben Jacob Christman (page images at HathiTrust)
• Sailing directions for Antarctica : including the off-lying islands south of latitude 60.̊ ([Hydrographic Office, U.S. Navy]:, 1943), by United States. Hydrographic Office (page images at HathiTrust)
• North Pacific directory (Published for Richard Holmes Laurie, 53, Fleet street, E.C., 1870), by Alexander George Findlay and Richard Holmes Laurie (page images at HathiTrust)
• Inside route pilot. Key West to New Orleans. 1914. (Govt. Print. Off., 1915), by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey and William Edward Parker (page images at HathiTrust)
• Georgian Bay and North Channel pilot. (Govt. Print. Bureau, 1900), by Canada. Department of Marine and Fisheries (page images at HathiTrust)
• Atlas de l'océan Pacifique dressé par m. de Krusenstern ... : Publié par ordre de Sa Majesté impériale. (St. Pétersbourg, 1838), by Ivan Fedorovich Kruzenshtern (page images at HathiTrust)
• Die Wege und Entfernungen zur See im Weltverkehr. ("Export";, 1904), by R. Jannasch (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Shanghai port facilities, 1926 (Printed by Commercial Press, Ltd., 1926), by China. Hydrographic Dept (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The west coasts of Mexico and Central America from the United States to Panama including the gulfs of California and Panama. Chiefly from surveys by the United States steamers Narragansett, Tuscarora, Ranger, and Thetis, between 1873 and 1901 (Government Print Office, 1904), by United States. Hydrographic Office (page images at HathiTrust)
• Central America and Mexico pilot (east coast) (Hydrographic Office under the authority of the Secretary of the Navy :, 1927), by United States. Hydrographic Office (page images at HathiTrust)
• Sailing directions for east coasts of Central America and Mexico, including north coast of Colombia (U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1939), by United States. Hydrographic Office (page images at HathiTrust)
• New Zealand pilot : including Kermadec Islands, Chatham Islands, and the off-lying islands southeastward and southward of New Zealand. 1929 (U.S. G.P.O., 1929), by United States. Hydrographic Office (page images at HathiTrust)
• Sailing directions for the western shores of the South China Sea from Singapore Strait to and including Hong Kong (United States. Govt. Print. Off., 1957), by United States. Hydrographic Office (page images at HathiTrust)
• Sailing directions for Soenda Strait and the western coast of Borneo and off-lying islands, including Cocos Islands Christmas Island. Java Coast from Soenda Strait to Tandjoengpriok, Sumatra coast from Soenda Strait to Palemban, Straat Bancka, Gaspar Straten and Straat Karimata (U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1950), by United States. Hydrographic Office (page images at HathiTrust)
• Sailing directions for the east coast of Siberia, Mys Otto Shmidta to Sakhalinskiy Zaliv (Sakhalin Gulf) (U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1952), by United States. Hydrographic Office (page images at HathiTrust)
• Sailing directions for the bay of Bengal, the coasts of India, Burma, and Thailand from Calimere point to Salang island, the Andaman islands, Nicobar islands, and the Mergui archipelago (United States Govt. Print. Off., 1941), by United States. Hydrographic Office (page images at HathiTrust)
• Sailing directions for the west coast of India from point Calimere to Cape Monze, including the Island of Ceylon and the Maldive and Laccadive Islands (U.S. G.P.O., 1942), by United States. Hydrographic Office (page images at HathiTrust)
• Red Sea and Gulf of Aden pilot : comprising the Suez Canal, the Gulfs of Suez and Akaba, the Red Sea and Strait of Bab el Mandeb, the Gulf of Aden with Sokotra and adjacent islands, and the southeast coast of Arabia to Ras al Hadd (Hydrographic Office under the authority of the Secretary of the Navy :, 1922), by United States. Hydrographic Office (page images at HathiTrust)
• Sailing directions for the southwest coast of Africa from Cape Palmas to Cape of Good Hope (U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1932), by United States. Hydrographic Office (page images at HathiTrust)
• The India directory, or, Directions for sailing to and from the East Indies, China, Australia, and the interjacent ports of Africa and South America: comp. chiefly from original journals of the honourable company's ships, and from observations and remarks, resulting from the experience of twenty-one years in the navigation of those seas. (W.H. Allen and Co., 1841), by James Horsburgh (page images at HathiTrust)
• Explanations and sailing directions to accompany the Wind and current charts, approved by Commodore Charles Morris, chief of the Bureau of Ordnance and Hydrography (E.C. and J. Biddle, 1854), by Matthew Fontaine Maury and United States Naval Observatory (page images at HathiTrust)
• Coast pilot manual (U.S. G.P.O., 1964), by John A McCormick and U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (page images at HathiTrust)
• Sailing directions for southwest coast of Africa, Cape Palmas to Cape of Good Hope ([Washington], 1969), by United States. Naval Oceanographic Office and United States. Hydrographic Office (page images at HathiTrust)
• Sailing directions for the west coasts of Mexico and Central America; the United States to Colombia, including the Gulfs of California and Panama (U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1951), by United States. Hydrographic Office (page images at HathiTrust)
• Yachtsman and coaster's book of reference ... compiled from the latest U.S. coast surveys. (Hartford, Conn., 1878), by William A. Pratt (page images at HathiTrust)
• The oriental navigator, or, New directions for sailing to and from the East Indies : also for the use of ships trading in the Indian and China seas to New Holland, &c. &c. (Printed by James Humphreys, 1801), by Joseph Huddart and Jean-Baptiste-Nicolas-Denis d' Après de Mannevillette (page images at HathiTrust)
• A series of charts : with sailing directions, embracing surveys of the Farallones, entrance to the bay of San Francisco, bays of San Francisco and San Pablo, straits of Carquines and Suisun Bay, confluence and deltic branches of the Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers and the Sacramento River (with the middle fork) to the American River, including the cities of Sacramento and Boston, State of California (Printed by J.T. Towers, 1852), by Cadwalader Ringgold (page images at HathiTrust)
• The new seaman's guide, and coaster's companion; containing, in Part I. Complete sailing directions ... through the river Thames ... Part II. For the northern navigation ... Part III. A new and accurate table of magnetic bearings ... To which are subjoined copious tables of latitudes and longitudes ... Also new tables of the sun's declination, from 1809 to 1824. (P. Mason, 1809), by John Chandler (page images at HathiTrust)
• The sailor's ready-reference book : for the use of the Royal Navy, the mercantile marine and yacht squadrons (Griffin & Co. ;, 1890), by Frederick George Denham Bedford and Great Britain. Royal Navy (page images at HathiTrust)
• Typhoon anchorages (Statistical Department of the Inspectorate General of Customs, 1893), by China. Hai guan zong shui wu si shu (page images at HathiTrust)
• United States coast pilot : Atlantic coast, section E, Gulf of Mexico from Key West to the Rio Grande. (G.P.O., 1916), by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (page images at HathiTrust)
• Roteiro geral dos mares, costas, ilhas, e baixos reconhecidos no globo. Extrahido das descripções, e diarios dos mais celebres a acreditados navegadores, e hydrografos. Por ordem da Academia real das sciencias de Lisboa ... (Typografia de Academia, 1835), by Antonio Lopes da Costa Almeida and Academia das Ciências de Lisboa (page images at HathiTrust)
• Safety at sea. Proposed coastwise pilot charts showing safety zones and danger spaces, for the prevention of collisions at sea (Govt. Print. Off., 1917), by Armistead Rust (page images at HathiTrust)
• Explanations and sailing directions to accompany the Wind and current charts, approved by Commodore Charles Morris, chief of the Bureau of Ordnance and Hydrography; and pub. by authority of Hon. J.P. Kennedy, Secretary of the Navy. (C. Alexander, printer, 1853), by Matthew Fontaine Maury and United States Naval Observatory (page images at HathiTrust)
• General examination of the Pacific Ocean (G.P.O., 1869), by Charles Philippe de Kerhallet and Charles Henry Davis (page images at HathiTrust)
• Explanations and sailing directions to accompany the Wind and current charts (E.C. and J. Biddle, 1854), by Matthew Fontaine Maury and United States Naval Observatory (page images at HathiTrust)
• Maury's Sailing directions. (C. Alexander, printer, 1851), by Matthew Fontaine Maury and United States Naval Observatory (page images at HathiTrust)
• Explanations and sailing directions to accompany the Wind and current charts : approved by Commodore Charles Morris, Chief of the Bureau of Ordnance and Hydrography, and published by authority of Hon. J.C. Dobbin, Secretary of the Navy (E.C. and J. Biddle, 1855), by Matthew Fontaine Maury and United States Naval Observatory (page images at HathiTrust)
• Wind and current charts (W.A. Harris, printer, 1858), by Matthew Fontaine Maury, United States. Bureau of Ordnance and Hydrography, and United States Naval Observatory (page images at HathiTrust)
• India directory--Supplement to the India sailing directory (Republished by James R. Buffum, 1826), by James Horsburgh (page images at HathiTrust)
• Beyträge zur Hydrographie der grössen Ozeane als Erläuterungen zu einer Charte des ganzen Erdkreises nach Mercator's Projection (Kummer, 1819), by Ivan Fedorovich Kruzenshtern (page images at HathiTrust)
• India directory, or, Directions for sailing to and from the East Indies, China, New Holland, Cape of Good Hope, Brazil, and the interjacent ports, comp. chiefly from original journals at the East India House, and from observations and remarks, made during twenty-one years experience navigating in those seas. (Printed for the author, sold by Black, Parbury, and Allen, 1817), by James Horsburgh (page images at HathiTrust)
• A general coasting pilot containing directions for sailing into, and out of, the principal ports and harbours thro'out the known world : with a sett of sea-charts, some laid down after Mercator, but the greater part according to a new globular projection ... to all which are prefix'd directions to mariners ... (Printed for James and John Knapton ..., 1728), by Nathaniel Cutler (page images at HathiTrust)
• Sailing directions for the Gulf and River of St. Lawrence (C. Wilson, 1871) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Sailing directions for the Gulf and River of St. Lawrence (Printed for the Hydrographic Office, 1837), by H. W. Bayfield (page images at HathiTrust)
• Sailing directions for the Gulf and River of St. Lawrence (Printed for the Hydrographic Office, 1843), by H. W. Bayfield (page images at HathiTrust)
• Sailing directions for the River and Gulf of St. Lawrence (Printed for the Hydrographic Office, 1847), by H. W. Bayfield (page images at HathiTrust)
• Benro Kōhō (Kaigun Heigakkō, 1886), by Thomas Henry James, Nagaaki Nagayama, and Makoto Kondō (page images at HathiTrust)
• Australia pilot. (U.S. G.P.O., 1920), by United States. Hydrographic Office (page images at HathiTrust)
• The China sea directory (Hydrographic office, Admiralty, 1894), by Great Britain. Hydrographic Department (page images at HathiTrust)
• Addenda to Hydrographic Office publ. no. 124 of 1909. (G.P.O., 1914), by United States. Hydrographic Office (page images at HathiTrust)
• Le pilote des mers de l'Inde, de la Chine et de l'Indonésie (P. Geuthner, 1921), by active 1462-1498 Aḥmad ibn Mājid al-Saʻdī and Bibliothèque nationale (France) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The China Sea directory. Vol. 1-4 (Printed for the Hydrographic Office, Admiralty, 1879), by Great Britain. Hydrographic Department (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Vancouver Island pilot, containing sailing directions for the coasts of Vancouver Island, and part of British Columbia. (The Hydrographic Office, Admiralty, 1864), by Great Britain. Hydrographic Department and George Henry Richards (page images at HathiTrust)
• Sailing directions for the coast and habours of North America, from Halifax in Nova Scotia to the Gulf of Florida (Published by James Imray, chart and nautical bookseller, 102 Minories, 1852), by James F. Imray, Huntington Free Library, and Heye Foundation Museum of the American Indian (page images at HathiTrust)
• The sailor's pocket-book; a collection of practical rules, notes and tables for the use of the Royal Navy and the mercantile marine and yachtsmen. (Gieves, 1920), by Frederick George Denham Bedford, Reginald Godfrey Otway Tupper, and D. Fulton (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The India directory, or, Directions for sailing to and from the East Indies, China, Australia and the interjacent ports of Africa and South America... (William H. Allen & Co., 1852), by James Horsburgh (page images at HathiTrust)
• United States coast pilot : West Indies, Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands. (Gov't, 1929), by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (page images at HathiTrust)
• United States coast pilot : West Indies, Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands. (Gov't. print off., 1921), by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (page images at HathiTrust)
• West Indies pilot vol. 1 (Washington : United States Government Printing Office, 1928-1935., 1928), by United States. Hydrographic Office (page images at HathiTrust)
• Supplement to Hydrographic Office publication no. 166, Sailing directions for the Pacific islands (Eastern groups), vol. II. (U.S. G.P.O., 1939), by United States. Hydrographic Office (page images at HathiTrust)
• Sailing directions for the West Indies. volume II, Lesser Antilles and Venezuela. (Defense Mapping Agency, Hydrographic Center, 1963), by United States. Naval Oceanographic Office and United States. Defense Mapping Agency. Hydrographic Center (page images at HathiTrust)
• Sailing directions for the West Indies : volume II. The Lesser Antilles and the coast of Venezuela. (Washington : United States Government Printing Office, 1950-1962., 1950), by United States. Hydrographic Office (page images at HathiTrust)
• Table of distances between ports via the shortest navigable routes as determined by the Hydrographic Office, United States Navy Department. (Washington, 1923), by United States. Hydrographic Office (page images at HathiTrust)
• Sailing directions (planning guide) for the South Pacific Ocean. (Defense Mapping Agency, Hydrographic/Topographic Center :, 1982), by United States. Defense Mapping Agency. Hydrographic/Topographic Center (page images at HathiTrust)
• South America pilot ... (Govt. Print. Off., 1916), by United States. Hydrographic Office (page images at HathiTrust)
• Supplement to Hydrographic Office publication no. 165, Sailing directions for the Pacific Islands, vol. I. (Washington : U.S. G.P.O., 1940., 1940), by United States. Hydrographic Office (page images at HathiTrust)
• India and the Bay of Bengal (National Imagery and Mapping Agency ;, 2002), by United States. National Imagery and Mapping Agency (page images at HathiTrust)
• Philippine Islands (The Agency :, 2001), by United States. National Imagery and Mapping Agency (page images at HathiTrust)
• Sailing directions (enroute), west coast of South America (Defense Mapping Agency, Hydrographic/Topographic Center :, 1990), by United States. Defense Mapping Agency. Hydrographic/Topographic Center (page images at HathiTrust)
• Southwest coast of Africa (The Agency ;, 2001), by United States. National Imagery and Mapping Agency (page images at HathiTrust)
• Red Sea and the Persian Gulf (National Imagery and Mapping Agency ;, 2001), by United States. National Imagery and Mapping Agency (page images at HathiTrust)
• Sailing directions (enroute) Western Mediterranean. (National Imagery and Mapping Agency :, 2000), by United States. National Imagery and Mapping Agency (page images at HathiTrust)
• Sailing directions (enroute). East coast of Russia. (National Imagery and Mapping Agency ;, 2001), by United States. National Imagery and Mapping Agency (page images at HathiTrust)

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