Narratives Of Two Excursions To The Ports of England, Scotland, and Ireland, In 1816, 1817, And 1818, Together With A Description Of The Breakwater At Plymouth And Also The Caledonian Canal

by Dupin, Charles

1st edition in English.

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London, , (1819). 1st edition in English. . Modern wrprs. . VG. 8vo. . Author was captain of the Naval Engineers Of France. Translated from the French. 8pp. Introduction by Publisher. Fldg. map of Plymouth Sound showing breakwater. 1 plate. Narrative is a sketch of two excursions to British naval & commercial ports. Also includes material on Plymouth Sound currents & Caledonian Canal. Emphasis on geology, moorings, currents, basins, dry-docks, buildings near the port. Specifically in his 1816 trip Dupin described the ports of London, the River Thames, Woolwich {mention of steam engines & diving bells, naval academies ), isle of Shippey, Medway (for convicts), Chatham, Portsmouth, Gosport, Milford-Haven, Bristol & Liverpool. In his 1817-1818 excursion visited Cambridge, Hull, Newcastle, the river Tyne, Leith, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Montrose, Stone-haven, Aberdeen, Fort Williams, 26pp. description of the Caledonian Canal, 12pp. description of the construction of breakwater in Plymouth Sound (w/ a copperplate). Prntd. for Sir Richard Phillips & Co.

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