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ANDREWS, CAPTAIN W.S.

Andrews' Illustrations of the West Indies

Andrews' Illustrations of the West Indies
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The author was a Captain in the Royal Navy, a mathematician as well as author of this fine pilot.

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Travel & Exploration

Sidmouth,Vol.1 printed by Thomas Perry,[ 1855] Vol. 2 printed and published by Day and Son, Two volumes in one, Oblong folio, fine later half green morocco over marbled boards, with two title pages and thirty fine lithographed plates, twenty-two tinted, some double – page and folding, many with fine coastal profiles including 8 with silhouettes of islands, a fine copy.

The author was a Captain in the Royal Navy, a mathematician as well as author of this fine pilot. He also wrote the preface for Labouring Population of Barbadoes, 1860.

Volume one describes: Sailing Directions for the Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico, and Florida. Volume two: Description of the Islands in the Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico, and Florida. Many of the high quality lithographs are by the Marine Painter and Lithographer Thomas Dutton.

Sabin 1517. A scarce work.

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