Book Details

Book Reference:	25818
Author:	[LACAM (Benjamin)]
Title:	Thoughts on a Late Proposal for Piloting Ships at all Seasons through Channel Creek, Instead of the Old Passage by the Braces, into Hoogly River.
Price:	£545.00
Year:
Description:	Printed for the Authors. 1782. First Edition, [ii],3-14pp., disbound, preserved in a folding sleeve. Benjamin Lacam’s proposal to establish a new shipping channel and harbour East of Saugor Sound which avoided the dangers of the old approach to Calcutta via the Hooghly River. ESTC locates just three copies (C; MRu; Luk) all in the UK.
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