Edmund M. Blunt. “The American Coast Pilot.” 1815.
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Blunt, Edmund M. The American Coast Pilot, Containing The Courses & Distances Between The Principal Harbours, Capes & Headlands From Passamaquoddy, Through The Gulph Of Florida … Together With The Courses And Distances From Cape Cod And Cape Ann To George’s Bank … Corrected And Improved … Eighth Edition. New York: For The Author, 1815.
First edition with Blunt listed as author instead of Captain Lawrence Furlong (d. 1806). Included in this edition is an advertisement for Blunt’s nautical instrument and book store in New York, with a large woodcut of the shop. The first three editions of this book (1796–1800) were published without charts.