Nautical Chart Cooktown Booby Islands Port Moresby Australia Admiralty 1972

Description: Nautical Chart Cooktown Booby Islands Port Moresby Australia Admiralty 1972 Nautical Chart of Cooktown to Booby Islands and Port Moresby in Australia *** Nautical chart of the East coast of Australia covering Crowdy Head to Smoky Cape. The chart shows a portion of Queensland and Papua New Guinea, including Torres Strait and Coral Sea with depths, nature of the sea floor, hazards, aids to navigation, tides, and currents, with some topographic detail of the adjoining coasts. Originally published in 1970 by the Crown under the superintendence of admiral G. S. Ritchie. *** Publisher The Admiralty was the British government department responsible for the command of the Royal Navy until 1964. The Admiralty was replaced by the Admiralty Board in 1964, as part of the reforms that created the Ministry of Defence and its Navy Department (later Navy Command). Hydrographer Rear-Admiral George Stephen Ritchie (30 October 1914 – 8 May 2012) was a British admiral noted for his cartographic and hydrographic work. He was educated at the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth from the age of 13, and went to sea at the age of 17. In 1936 he joined the Surveying Service, being appointed to the old coal-burning surveying ship, HMS Herald, operating in the South China Sea. During the Second World War the then Lieutenant Ritchie was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross (DSC) for bravery whilst surveying beaches in North Africa behind the enemy lines. In 1966 he was promoted to the rank of rear admiral and appointed to the post of Hydrographer of the Navy which he held for five years and received a Companion of the Bath. In 1967 he published The Admiralty Chart, a history of British Naval Hydrography in the Nineteenth Century. *** Dimensions: 103 x 71 cm; 40 1/2 x 28 in Year: 1972 Publisher: Admiralty Place of publication: Taunton Author: Admiral G. S. Ritchie Condition: Folded as issued, *** The item will be shipped in a cardboard tube. For other details of item condition, please see the photos. More photos are available on demand. If you have any questions, feel free to contact us. Shipping Shipping method:All items are shipped via Express Mail Service (EMS) or private couriers such as DHL and UPS. You will receive a tracking number with whom you can trace the item's location at any given time. All items will be packed safely and properly to avoid any damage during their voyage. Combined Shipping:We offer free shipping for books. For other items, it is possible to combine purchases. You just need to make a request for a separate invoice.Please note: If you have ordered more than one item from a different category, please wait for the combined shipping invoice. Shipping time:We send all the items within 24h of payment being received on a working day. In case we are on holiday the item will be shipped the first next working day. The estimated delivery time is 3-7 working days. Customs office: You may be charged by the customs office in your country. There are no hidden expenses like sales or export taxes unless specified in the item’s description. Please familiarize yourself with the import laws of your country before purchasing in case you are not entirely sure if an item is subject to customs taxes. For some items, an export license is needed and additional fees and time to get the export permit will be clearly stated in the item description. Some items may end up at customs inspections in Serbia so we will kindly ask you to be patient while such inspections take place because they can cause a delay in the delivery time. Payment Payments will be processed via: Paypal eBay Managed Payments Credit and debit cards will be processed via the mentioned processors as well. We kindly ask our buyers to pay within three working days of the order. After that, the buyers will be sent a reminder. If the payment is not received even after that, a case will be opened. Returns and refunds In case you would like to return/exchange the item for any reason you are free to do so. We ask all our buyers to contact us prior to sending an item back. The moment the item arrives back the buyer will be entitled to a refund.Exchange for another item from the store is also an option. It is possible to return an item within 30 days from the date of arrival. Feel free to contact us if you have any additional questions, we will be happy to answer them!

Price: 70 USD

Location: BG

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