The English pilot[cartographic material] : The fourth bookDescribing The West-India navigation, from Hudson's Bay to the River AmazonesParticularly delineating The Sea Coasts, Capes, Headlands, Rivers, Bays, Roads, Havens, Harbours, Streights, Rocks, Sands, Shoals, Banks, Depths of Water, and Anchorage, with all the Islands therein, as Jamaica, Cuba, Hispaniola, Barbadoes, Antigua, Bermudas, Porto Rico, and the rest of the Caribbee and Bahama IslandsAlso, A new Description of Newfoundland, New England, New York, East and West New- Jersey, Dellawar Bay, Virginia, Maryland, Carolinashowing, The
The English pilot[cartographic material] : The fourth bookDescribing The West-India navigation, from Hudson's Bay to the River AmazonesParticularly delineating The Sea Coasts, Capes, Headlands, Rivers, Bays, Roads, Havens, Harbours, Streights, Rocks, Sands, Shoals, Banks, Depths of Water, and Anchorage, with all the Islands therein, as Jamaica, Cuba, Hispaniola, Barbadoes, Antigua, Bermudas, Porto Rico, and the rest of the Caribbee and Bahama IslandsAlso, A new Description of Newfoundland, New England, New York, East and West New- Jersey, Dellawar Bay, Virginia, Maryland, Carolinashowing, The Courses and Distances from one Place to another; the Ebbing and Flowing of the Sea, the Setting of the Tides and Currents, &cWith many other Things necessary to be known in Navigation. . ater to be had, and fuel-wood in abundance. This bay is made the better roati, byreafon of thofe iflands, lying before the mouth of the bay,which keeps off the fui^e of the fea, efpecially , and you feldom have any other in thofe parts. When iflanti Samba bears South SouthEaft, about i leaguesfrom the Ihore, you have gradual foundings from 16 to 25fath. The higheft land to the Eaftward of Samba is calledthe Arfe Negrois Ear. From the iftes de Arenas to Punla Canoa the coaft lies alongSW. neareft, but to Pania Canoa WSW, This point is focalled by reafon the point appears like two canoes, at a greatdiftance ; the point has lying from it at leaft two leagues tofeaward many rocks and dangers, whereof you ought to givegood diftance when bound about that point; or going intothe bay to the Weftward thereof, called Bay del Gata, or forthe coaft oi Cartbegena, and not bear to the Southward tillyou are well about. Now follows the making of thefe lands, and now they ap-pear at yl Dcfaiption of Cn^h Light this manner appears the coaft of Carlbageia, when lying before the city at anchor, in 6 fathoms water; where isgoodfandyground from /aMM i^c Caned to the iHands i
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