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SAILING DIRECTIONS, ANTARCTIC OCEAN Alexander George FINDLAY. A Directory for the Navigation of the South Pacific Ocean; with descriptions of its Coasts, Islands, etc., from the Strait of Magalhaens to Panama, and those of New Zealand, Australia, etc.; its winds, currents, and passages. Fifth edition. London: Richard Holmes Laurie, 1884. 8° (235 x 180mm.). 4 steel-engraved plates, 6 folding lithographic maps (1 printed in 3 colours and 1 in 2 colours, 4 printed in black only). Original cloth, blocked in gilt and blind (spine chipped, joints weak). And five other similar works: John PARDY. The New Sailing Directory for the Ethiopic of Southern Atlantic Ocean... third edition . London: 1845, 8°; The Antarctic Pilot . London: 1930, 8°, Provenance : Scott Polar Research Institute (cancellation stamp); The Antarctic Pilot... third edition . London: 1961, 8°; Sailing Directions for Antarctica . Washington: 1943, 4°; E.P. BAYLISS and J.S. CUMPSATON. Handbook and Index... to accompany a Map of Antarctica , Canberra: 1938, 2 vol., 8°, and 1 folding map. (6)