| | Thumbnail | | Creator | Date | Title / Author / Date / Location | Price | | | Description |
| 5219 |  | Details | International Navigation Congress | 1908 |
| Report of the 11th meeting of the International Navigation Congress |
|
International Navigation Congress |
|
| 1908 |
| LOC:2001 |
| $100.00 | International-Navigation-Congress | Report-of-the-11th-meeting-of-the-International-Navigation-Congress | Scarce booklets (24) of reports for the 11th meeting of the International Navigation Congress or Association Internationale Permanente de Congres de Navigation, held in St. Petersburg, Russia during 1908. Some reports with folding plates. Authors of these reports represent a diverse set of countries including but not limited to: Germany, England, Belgium, Russia, France, Italy, and the United States.
<br></br>
Contents include booklets in French or English text (some with engineering or hydrographic plates). The topics are related to five broad areas of interest:
<div class="indenttextblocksingle">
<ul style="list-style-type: circle;">
<li>Fishing ports and harbors for coastal maritime trade.</li>
<li>Economic and engineering studies for Inland maritime ports.</li>
<li>Port construction on sandy beaches.</li>
<li>General conditions for secure maritime navigation.</li>
<li>Hydrographic exploration of the seas.</li>
</ul>
</div>
Hard cover binder secured by string closures with 24 reports, each staple bound with paper covers. Some booklets bear the oval stamp of the Liverpool Engineering Society. |