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. . fe^ ^^^^^^P^IP A Dtfcriftion of the Caribbee-Iflands. 3t. when it bears NW by N aboiii 6 or 7 leagues from you, A Defcripiiox of the Tpnd St. Chriftopher, The iflrnd Si. CMJiopbtr lieth along SE. and NW. and istbout 7 leag. in length, and about 4 leag, broad ; the SE. fiderans off with a low ffiarp point, where diere is a fait pond. Between thefc two fmall points of land lays in the Englifiiroad (fo called) and towards the NW. point is the Frenchroad i the SE. point is low land, and the middle of ihe lilaiid?is higher land than that nfNniis; and on the W. point reachesa ledge of rocks ; off the SE. point is a Imall iQand between this and Nrvis; and there is no failing between thefe withoutdanger of lofuig your Ihip. On the N. point Hands theFrtiah Fi/rl. ABtfiTipiion ef the IJland Eiiftatia. Ths illand Eufialia lays from the North pun of the idandSi. Cbrijlopher Weft j it is a fmall illand, and appears in themanner of a fugar-loaf, afccnding up in a round hill; butcoming near, it alters its fliape, and fcenis foniewhat long,(howingitfclf t
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