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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.


Book Description
First Edition, [ii],3-14pp., disbound, preserved in a folding sleeve.
Dealer Notes
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 Hoogly River.
Author
[LACAM (Benjamin)]
Date
1782
Publisher
Printed for the Author,
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