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. . fet A Defcriptmi of Hifpaniola. 35. To the Weftvard of C pe F an ns a ve wliidi reaches a great way upmco the country, the name thereat weknow not, and therefore fuppofc it to be a [lace of no great To the Weihvard of which is Port de Plata, in the en-trance or mouth thereof lie leveral illmds; which in you mull: leave on your ftarboard lidc, and wlicn got in joumay ride where you plealc, being every where good anchorground, and good riding. And you are to obfcrve. in failing, to keep dofe to thatpoint of land on jour larboard fiiie, which jou will fee to beragged and broken; and keep to tlic Eallward as mucli aspolfible you can. When coming about the i^iid point, luff upround, and run up as far as you can with your fails almollIhivering in the wind ; thus you will gain the bell place of Dire^ians for faili)!^ to Monte Chrifto. %Vhen irom Perl de Pieoff Cape Fra,„::is, obferv I you fail ^rom MomeChrifie., beingand lleer a more Northerly courle in hauling off, giving good dirtance beiwecn you and the (horc,
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