![[Cape of Good Hope] The China Sea Directory, Vol.I ... Malacca, Singapore, Sunda, ..., and Durian Straits. Second edition](https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/antiquarianauctions/main/1486916562IMG_5807.JPG)
The China Sea Directory, Vol.I Containing Directions for the Approaches to the China Sea, by Malacca, Singapore, Sunda, Banka, Gaspar, Carimata, Rhio, Varella, and Durian Straits ... Second Edition.
London: printed [by Eyre and Spottiswoode] for the Hydrographic Department, Admiralty; and sold by J.D. Potter, 1878. 8vo. Pp. [i-]x; [1-]429. 1 folding engraved index map. (Some light overall toning, pp. 79/80 with creasing to upper outer blank corner).
Original yellow cloth, titled in black on the upper cover and spine (some soiling and light staining, stitching weak, small split to inner blank margin, partially erased inscription to front pastedown).
A nice copy of this early edition of a work which was issued as an accompaniment to the Admiralty charts of the region. In addition to including a great deal of information about 19th-century Singapore and its environs, this work also contains 'Observations on the Passages round the Cape of Good Hope to Sunda Strait, and to ports in the China Sea...'
- Binding Condition: very good
- Overall Condition: toning, otherwise excellent
- Size: 9 3/8 x 6ins; 236 x 150mm
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