Ocean
(IC)

MARITIME GEOGRAPHY

AND

STATISTICS,

OR

A DESCRIPTION

OF THE

Ocean and its Coasts,

MARITIME COMMERCE, NAVIGATION,

&c. &c. &c.

"Le Trident de Neptune est le Sceptre du Monde."

BY JAMES HINGSTON TUCKEY,

A Commander in the Royal Navy.

PRINTED FOR BLACK, PARRY, AND CO. BOOKSELLERS TO THE
HON. EAST-INDIA COMPANY, LEADENHALL-STREET.

Printed by Cox and Baylis, Great Queen Streety

Lincoln's Inn-Fields,

TO THE

RIGHT HONOURABLE

LORD VISCOUNT MELVILLE,

FIRST LORD OF THE ADMIRALTY.

MY LORD,

To the tribute of respect intended by this Dedication, your Lordship has far stronger claims than those of rank or office; for, in the history of our naval administrations, with the name of MELVILLE will be found coupled the endearing title of FRIEND OF THE NAVY.

The measures of melioration, effected in every class of the service, are, indeed, equally honourable