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Philo Nauticus

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    A proposal for the encouragement of seamen to serve more readily in His Majesty's Navy : for preventing of desertion, supporting their wives and families, and for the easier and quieter government of His Majesty's ships.

    Philo Nauticus | Date: 1758
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    An account of the constant and periodical trade-winds , or monsoons, the land and sea breezes, and the variable winds; together with an account of the setting of the currents, and the strength thereof, as they most commonly happen in the different parts of the East-Indies The whole Illustrated by Examples taken from the Journals of several European and Country Ships; shewing the Reason why some have made their Passages, whilst others, in the same Season, or perhaps at the very same Time, have lost, or at least prolonged theirs. By Philo-Nauticus.

    Philo Nauticus | Date: MDCCLXXIV. [1774]

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