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. . if>£ai!a!f:. A t>efcnption of Hudfon*j Strelghts. Captain GiUam in the year 1670, found to be fo (hoaly thathe was forced to bear down to Jamcfs bay. Ti:e river ofpore Nelfcn is navigable, as may be fecn by the followingdireftion. Upon the river port Nilfon lies Tork fort, whofe latitudeis N. and long. 88 dag. W, from rhe Uxerd. This Ton is built with wood, having 30 pieces of ordnancejnit, and 70 men. The river is very dangerous 10 come into,unlefs extraordinary care be taken to found between the fands,which moft pare of it Oaews dry at low water. The river liesnear SW. and NE. The tides rife and fall about g f^i:Ships may lie a-float againft the port in % .fethom water: Alfoftiqis may ride very well in 4 or 5 fathom water in the innerhole without the rivera mouth, having fome part of the landwithooc them. The S. channel is navigable for boats andfmall velTels togoinar, but not fo good as vheN. channel. In the 61 and 62 deg. are divers inands, with great founds
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