Thoughts on a Late Proposal for Piloting Ships at all Seasons through Channel Creek, Instead of the Old Passage by the Braces, into the Hoogly River.

Rare pamphlet on the improvement of the navigation of the Hooghly River by entrepreneur Benjamin Lacam who sought to construct a 'New Harbour' to supply Calcutta.

Benjamin Lacam's proposals for a navigable route through the Hooghly river by a channel to the east of Saugar Sand were intended to facilitate the construction of a 'New Harbour' just south of Calcutta. However, in a conspiracy against him, some of the depth readings and planned shipping routes in his plan were doctored and as a result the scheme was subsequently deemed impracticable by the East India Company. The initial proposal was first considered in 1783, yet Lacam was still seeking redress of the injustice over 20 years later.

Rare. Only in 5 UK institutions (Cambridge, Manchester, Edinburgh, Wellcome, St Andrews) and one other globally.

First edition; 8vo (20 x 13 cm); bound in modern quarter red morocco and marbled boards, gilt red morocco label to upper cover, well preserved copy; 14 pp.