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U.S. Nautical Magazine

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Commonly known as U.S.Nautical magazine, the U.S. Nautical magazine and Naval Journal was a monthly nautical newsletter published by Griffiths & Bates (New York City) in the 19th century.[1]

History

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The U.S.nautical Magazine was first published as the Monthly Nautical Magazine and Quarterly review by Griffiths & Bates (a publishing house in New York). Volume 1 of the U.S. Nautical magazine covered the period October 1854 to March 1855.[2]

Contents

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The U.S.Nautical magazine carried articles on seamanship, naval architecture, lists of ship builders in America, descriptions of ships / clippers constructed (like the Sunny South, and Blue Jacket) and their voyages,[3][4]: 188 and often, discoveries of islands and reefs made by ships. It also contained articles on disasters at sea, collisions and financial articles related to shipping.[2]

Further reading

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References

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  1. ^ U.S. Nautical Magazine and Naval Journal. New York: Griffith Bates. 1856.
  2. ^ a b Volume 1 - Monthly nautical Magazine and Quarterly review. New York: Griffiths & Bates. 1855.
  3. ^ Major, Richard Henry (1859). "The Houtman's Abrolhos in 1727" . Early Voyages to Terra Australis, now called Australia: A Collection of Documents, and Extracts from Early Manuscript Maps, Illustrative of the History of Discovery on the Coasts of that Vast Island, from the Beginning of the Sixteenth Century to the Time of Captain Cook . p. 188 – via Wikisource. [scan Wikisource link]
  4. ^ Major, Richard Henry (1859). Early Voyages to Terra Australis, now called Australia: A Collection of Documents, and Extracts from Early Manuscript Maps, Illustrative of the History of Discovery on the Coasts of that Vast Island, from the Beginning of the Sixteenth Century to the Time of Captain Cook. London: Hakluyt Society. OCLC 1548155. OL 13500500M. Wikidata Q19090938.