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• United States Coast Pilot (current electronic edition, 9 volumes), by United States National Ocean Service (PDF files with commentary at noaa.gov)

• 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..., by Cadwalader Ringgold (page images at Mystic Seaport)

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• The Colombian Navigator: or, Sailing Directory for the American Coasts and the West-Indies (2 volumes; London: Printed for R. H. Laurie, 1823-1824), by John Purdy (page images at HathiTrust)
• Sailing Directions for the Coasts, Harbours, and Islands of North America, from Cape Canso to Philadelphia: Comprehending the Coasts of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, Within the Bay of Fundy, Also the Coast of the United States from Passamaquody Bay to Philadelphia (London: C. Wilson, 1856), by J. W. Norie and J. S. Hobbs
  • multiple formats at Google
  • multiple formats at archive.org

• The Illustrated Coast Pilot, With Sailing Directions: The Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of the United States, Including Bays and Harbors (New York: Rudder Pub. Co., c1902), by N. L. Stebbins (multiple formats at Google)
• Sailing Directions for the Principal Ports on the East Coast of the United States of America (third edition; London: Printed for the Hydrographic Office, Admiralty, and sold by J.D. Potter, 1882) (page images at Google)

• Navigation aux Côtes du Brésil (in French; Paris: Imprimerie Royale, 1821), by Albin-Reine Roussin
  • multiple formats at Google
  • page images at HathiTrust

• Handbook for the Guidance of Shipmasters on the Ichang-Chungking Section of the Yangtze River (Shanghai: Statistical Dept. of the Inspectorate General of Customs, 1920), by S. Cornell Plant (page images at HathiTrust)

• Thompson's Coast Pilot: For the Upper Lakes, on Both Shores from Chicago to Buffalo, Green Bay, Georgian Bay, and Lake Superior; Including the Rivers Detroit, St. Clair and Ste. Marie, with the Courses and Distances on Lake Ontario, and Other Information Relative Thereto (5th edition, 1869), by Thomas S. Thompson (page images at hhpl.on.ca)

• A Buccaneer's Atlas: Basil Ringrose's South Sea Waggoner (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1992), by Basil Ringrose, ed. by Derek Howse and Norman Joseph William Thrower (HTML at UC Press)

• A Buccaneer's Atlas: Basil Ringrose's South Sea Waggoner (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1992), by Basil Ringrose, ed. by Derek Howse and Norman Joseph William Thrower (HTML at UC Press)

• Notices of the Western Coast of the United States (revised edition; Washington: Printed by Gideon and Co., 1851), by United States Coast Survey (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..., by Cadwalader Ringgold (page images at Mystic Seaport)

• The American Pharos, or Light-House Guide (Washington: Thompson and Homans, 1832), by Robert Mills (multiple formats at Google)

• Navigation aux Côtes du Brésil (in French; Paris: Imprimerie Royale, 1821), by Albin-Reine Roussin
  • multiple formats at Google
  • page images at HathiTrust

• The Colombian Navigator: or, Sailing Directory for the American Coasts and the West-Indies (2 volumes; London: Printed for R. H. Laurie, 1823-1824), by John Purdy (page images at HathiTrust)

• Minding the Helm: Marine Navigation and Piloting (1994), by National Research Council Marine Board (page images with commentary at NAP)

• Minding the Helm: Marine Navigation and Piloting (1994), by National Research Council Marine Board (page images with commentary at NAP)

• Aids to Navigation Regulations (CG-208; Washington: GPO, 1959), by United States Coast Guard (page images at HathiTrust)
• Aids to Navigation Regulations (CG-208; Washington: GPO, 1953), by United States Coast Guard (page images at HathiTrust)
• Aids to Marine Navigation of the United States (CG-193, revised 1949), by United States Coast Guard (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Significance of Aids to Marine Navigation (Washington: GPO, 1943), by United States Coast Guard (page images at HathiTrust)
• Keepers of the Lights (New York: Greenberg, c1955), by Hans Christian Adamson (page images at HathiTrust)

• Compilation of Public Documents and Extracts From Reports and Papers Relating to Light-Houses, Light-Vessels, and Illuminating Apparatus, and to Beacons, Buoys and Fog Signals, 1789 to 1871 (Washington: GPO, 1871), ed. by United States Light-House Board (multiple formats at Google)

• Buoys in Waters of the United States (Washington: GPO, 1947), by United States Coast Guard (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Buoys in Waters of the United States (Washington: GPO, 1942), by United States Coast Guard (page images at HathiTrust)
• Compilation of Public Documents and Extracts From Reports and Papers Relating to Light-Houses, Light-Vessels, and Illuminating Apparatus, and to Beacons, Buoys and Fog Signals, 1789 to 1871 (Washington: GPO, 1871), ed. by United States Light-House Board (multiple formats at Google)

• Keepers of the Lights (New York: Greenberg, c1955), by Hans Christian Adamson (page images at HathiTrust)
• The United States Lighthouse Service: 1923 (Washington: GPO, 1923), ed. by John Sebastian Conway (page images at HathiTrust)
• Sentinels Along Our Coast (New York: The Century Co., 1922), by Francis A. Collins (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Compilation of Public Documents and Extracts From Reports and Papers Relating to Light-Houses, Light-Vessels, and Illuminating Apparatus, and to Beacons, Buoys and Fog Signals, 1789 to 1871 (Washington: GPO, 1871), ed. by United States Light-House Board (multiple formats at Google)
• Laws of States Ceding Jurisdiction Over and Relinquishing Title to Light-House Sites (Washington: GPO, 1871), ed. by United States Light-House Board (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Laws of the United States Relating to the Establishment, Support, and Management of the Light-Houses, Light-Vessels, Monuments, Beacons, Spindles, Buoys, and Public Piers of the United States, from August 7, 1789, to March 3, 1855 (Washington: A. O. P. Nicholson, 1855), ed. by United States Light-House Board (multiple formats at Google)
• Lighthouse and Lightships of the United States (Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1917), by G. R. Putnam (multiple formats at Google)
• Organization and Duties of the Light-House Board, and Rules, Regulations and Instructions, of the Light-House Establishment of the United States, With the Laws and Circulars Relating Thereto (Washington: GPO, 1864), by United States Light-House Board (multiple formats at Google)
• Regulations for the United States Lighthouse Service, 1918 (Washington: GPO, 1918), by United States Lighthouse Service (multiple formats at Google)
• Report of the Officers Constituting the Light-House Board, Convened Under Instructions from the Secretary of the Treasury, to Inquire Into the Condition of the Light-House Establishment of the United States, Under the Act of March 3, 1851 (Washington: Printed by A. Boyd Hamilton, 1852), by United States Light-House Board (multiple formats at Google)
• The United States Lighthouse Service: 1915 (Washington: GPO, 1916), ed. by John Sebastian Conway (multiple formats at Google)
• The Modern Light-House Service (Washington: GPO, 1889), by Arnold Burges Johnson (multiple formats at Google)

• Lighthouse Service Bulletin (partial serial archives)
• Annual Report of the Commissioner of Lighthouses to the Secretary of Commerce, by United States Bureau of Light-Houses and United States. Bureau of Light-Houses -- Periodicals (partial serial archives)
• Annual Report, by United States Light-House Board (partial serial archives)

• Lightships of the United States Government: Reference Notes (Washington: Coast Guard Historian's Office, 1989), by Willard Flint (multiple formats at archive.org)

• The Salt Book: Lobstering, Sea Moss Pudding, Stone Walls, Rum Running, Maple Syrup, Snowshoes, and Other Yankee Doings (Garden City, NY: Anchor Books, 1977), ed. by Pamela Wood (page images at Salt Story Archive)

• Proceedings of the Congressional Convention, Held in the City of St. Louis, on 13th, 14th and 15th days of May, 1873 (page images at MOA)

• Canal Reminiscences: Recollections of Travel in the Old Days on the James River and Kanawha Canal, by George William Bagby (HTML and TEI at UNC)

• Amalgamated International and U.S. Inland Navigation Rules (current online edition, reflecting laws up to at least 2019), by United States Coast Guard (HTML with commentary at uscg.gov)

• Causes of the Reduction of American Tonnage and the Decline of Navigation Interests, by United States House of Representatives (page images at MOA)

• Amalgamated International and U.S. Inland Navigation Rules (current online edition, reflecting laws up to at least 2019), by United States Coast Guard (HTML with commentary at uscg.gov)

• Minding the Helm: Marine Navigation and Piloting (1994), by National Research Council Marine Board (page images with commentary at NAP)

More items available under broader and related terms at left.