Handbook for the guidance of shipmasters on the Ichang-Chungking secti

PLANT (Samuel Cornell). & EVEREST (R. G.)

Handbook for the guidance of shipmasters on the Ichang-Chungking section of the Yangtze River.

First edition, second issue. Photographic frontispiece, 48 plates including photographs, tables, maps and charts, many folding, 2 on 2 sheets. 4to. Original yellow cloth-backed boards, a close to fine copy. [x] 102pp. Shanghai, Statistical Department of the Inspectorate General of Customs, 1932.

£750.00

PLANT (Samuel Cornell). & EVEREST (R. G.)

Handbook for the guidance of shipmasters on the Ichang-Chungking section of the Yangtze River.

Intended as a guide for shipmasters navigating the Upper Yangtze between Ichang and Chungking, a section that is particularly difficult and dangerous to navigate. Captain S.C. Plant (1866-1921) was river inspector for the Chinese Maritime Customs and achieved fame for being the first to take a merchant steamer through these choppy waters. He died in 1921 and the book was reissued in 1932 by R.G. Everest due to steady demand and new developments along the Ichang-Chungking section. Only 3 copies in OCLC.

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Handbook for the guidance of shipmasters on the Ichang-Chungking section of the Yangtze River.

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