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KERHALLET (M.C. Philippe de). MADÈRE, Les Îles Salvages et Les Îles Canaries: Instructions Nautiques. Paris. 1880. - KERHALLET (M.C. Philippe de) MADÈRE, Les Îles Salvages et Les Îles Canaries: Instructions Nautiques . Paris: Imprimerie Nationale, 1880. XIV, 112 pp.; 8 est.: il.; 250 mm. A nautical guide to the eastern Atlantic published by the French Navy Depot, which includes descriptions of the Madeira archipelago, the Selvagens group, and the Canary Islands. This is a new edition, subsequent to that of 1868, updated with information subsequently received by the Navy Depot. Madeira is based on the 1843 survey by the English naval lieutenant A.T.E. Vidal and his description of it, translated into French in 1849 by Coriolis; the Selvagens Islands, surveyed by Vidal and Mudge in 1819 and by Kerhallet himself in 1841, have a description by the latter; the Canary Islands, surveyed by Vidal and Arlett in 1834 and 1838, also benefit from the work of the Spanish hydrographic commission and Miguel Lobo's Derrotero de las islas Canarias . It provides information on anchorages, currents, winds, shallows and the reach of each island, and includes engraved prints with coastal views, intended for the recognition of the islands by those approaching the sea. A work of interest for the history of navigation in the Atlantic, hydrography and nautical cartography of the 19th century, and for the study of the Portuguese Atlantic islands, in particular Madeira, Porto Santo and the Selvagens. Interesting. ⚑ Auto-translated via Google Translate