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"Viaticum Nautarum or The Sailor's Vade Mecum": a treatise on finding longitude at sea by Astronomical Observations by Robert Wright.

"Viaticum Nautarum or The Sailor's Vade Mecum": a treatise on finding longitude at sea by Astronomical Observations by Robert Wright, 1726.

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Object Details

ID:	NVT/5
Type:	Manuscript
Display location:	Not on display
Creator:	Wright, Robert
Date made:	1726-01-01 - ?; 1726
Exhibition:	Ships, Clocks & Stars: The Quest for Longitude
Credit:	National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements:	Display: 272 mm x 335 mm x 80 mm; Overall: 272 mm x 187 mm x 15 mm
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