The India Directory

<p>The India Directory Volume 2 by James Horsburgh originally published in 1852 is an essential guide for mariners navigating the seas to and from the East Indies China Australia and the ports of Africa and South America. This meticulously detailed directory provides comprehensive sailing directions offering invaluable information for safe and efficient maritime travel. </p> <p>Horsburgh's work is renowned for its accuracy and thoroughness making it an indispensable resource for captains and navigators of the time. This volume includes detailed descriptions of coastlines harbors currents and potential hazards ensuring that sailors could confidently traverse these distant and often treacherous waters. A vital historical document The India Directory offers modern readers a fascinating glimpse into the challenges and triumphs of 19th-century maritime exploration and trade.</p><p>This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore you will see the original copyright references library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world) and other notations in the work.</p><p>This work is in the public domain in the United States of America and possibly other nations. Within the United States you may freely copy and distribute this work as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.</p><p>As a reproduction of a historical artifact this work may contain missing or blurred pages poor pictures errant marks etc. Scholars believe and we concur that this work is important enough to be preserved reproduced and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.</p>