A dictionary, practical, theoretical and historical of commerce and commercial navigation . AND THE WEST INDIES . „ 318 BRITISH POSSESSIONS IN NORTH AMERICA . „ 3o4 AUSTRALIA „ 367 BRITISH COLUMBIA ,,370 RIVER THAMES WITH THE DOCKS FROM WOOLWICH TO THE TOWER ,,498 THE RIVERS MERSEY AND DEB, AND ADJACENT COUNTRY „ 529 INDIA , 582 UNITED STATES ,,939 RAILWAYS AND CANALS OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND „ 1162 CHARTS. ADEN .ALEXANDRIA, POR1 AMSTERDAMANTWERPBAHIABALTIMORE . OF To face page 12 234,361 M 82 LIST OF MAPS AND CHARTS. BARCELONA 1 b face page 138 BOMBAY HARBOUR 158 BORDEAUX 182 BOSTON HARBO
A dictionary, practical, theoretical and historical of commerce and commercial navigation . AND THE WEST INDIES . „ 318 BRITISH POSSESSIONS IN NORTH AMERICA . „ 3o4 AUSTRALIA „ 367 BRITISH COLUMBIA ,,370 RIVER THAMES WITH THE DOCKS FROM WOOLWICH TO THE TOWER ,,498 THE RIVERS MERSEY AND DEB, AND ADJACENT COUNTRY „ 529 INDIA , 582 UNITED STATES ,,939 RAILWAYS AND CANALS OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND „ 1162 CHARTS. ADEN .ALEXANDRIA, POR1 AMSTERDAMANTWERPBAHIABALTIMORE . OF To face page 12 234,361 M 82 LIST OF MAPS AND CHARTS. BARCELONA 1 b face page 138 BOMBAY HARBOUR 158 BORDEAUX 182 BOSTON HARBOUR 183 COLOMBO 3?| CONSTANTINOPLE, PORT OF 401 DANTZIG 487 GIBRALTAR, STRAITS OF 644 HAMBURG- ....... 661 HAVRE, PORT OF 686 KURRACHEE HARBOUR ..... 797 LISBON, HARBOUR OF 839 MADRAS „ 849 MARSEILLES 869 NAGASAKI HARBOUR ..... 900 NEW YORK HARBOUR 939 PERNAMBUCO, PORT OF „ 1048 PETERSBURG, BAY OF . „ 1051 RIO DE JANEIRO HARBOUR .... „ 1184 SHANGHAI „ 1240 SMYRNA HARBOUR „ 1308 STOCKHOLM ..,,.. „ 1330 TABLE BAY . . 265 THE SOUND ...... „ 587 > -_i EUEOFJt. A DICTIONARY OF COMMERCE AND COMMERCIAL NAVIGATION. A AM AAM, AUM or AHM. A measure for liquids, Jused at Amsterdam, Antwerp, Hamburgh, Frank-fort, &c. At Amsterdam it is nearly equal to 41English wine gallons, at Antwerp to 36£ ditto, atHamburgh to 38^ ditto, and at Frankfort to 39 is principally used for wine and oil. TheAmsterdam Aam of oil contains about 36 gallons. ABACA. The Indian name of the hemp of thePhilippine Islands. [Hemp Manillas.] ABANDONMENT (Fr. delaissenient). InCommerce and Navigation, this term is used toexpress the abandoning or surrendering of the shipor goods insured to the insurer. It is held, by the law of England, that theinsured has the right to abandon, and to compelthe insurers to pay the whole value of the thinginsured, in every casa where, by the happeningof any of the misfortunes or perils insured against,the voyage is lost, or not worth pursuing, andthe p
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