Maritime observations: in a letter from Doctor Franklin, to Mr. Alphonsus Le Roy, member of several academies, at Paris.

All titles

• Maritime observations: in a letter from Doctor Franklin, to Mr. Alphonsus Le Roy, member of several academies, at Paris.
• Transactions of the American Philosophical Society. Extracts.

People / Organizations

• Benjamin Franklin (Author)

Imprint

Philadelphia: Printed by Robert Aitken, at Pope's Head, in Market Street, three doors above the coffee-house, M.DCC.LXXXVI. [1786]

Publication year

1786-1786

ESTC No.

W37268

Grub Street ID

348033

Description

[1],294-329,[3]p., 2folded leaves of plates : ill., map, tables ; 4⁰

Note

Caption title: No. XXXVIII. A letter from Dr. Benjamin Franklin .. At sea, on board the London packet, Capt. Truxton, August 1785.

From the Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, v. 2, with added title page.

Plate and map (of the Gulf Stream) engraved by James Poupard.

Map includes: Remarks upon the navigation from Newfoundland to New-York, in order to avoid the Gulph Stream. .. B. Franklin.

Uncontrolled note

Signatures: 2Q?(-2Q1) 2R-2T?