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. . ng Weft fromMatygahme,fquarc wirh each other, and lie fromwit, from the South point thereof ? ? Ihips ..xHiiu •^uuiumi/uj/a , lu wit, E. by N. Between thefe iHands is a good road, „commonly lay in the bad weather time of the year. A DefcripiitH ef ihe jftmid illand at its firft appearance, feems (d be Tiius appears the illand buarda iij indefd may be faid to be fo ; for there is a fmall paffage throwhere ihey fay fmall banks havepafltd, but with a flup thereIS no going through. The Eatb point of the illand is full oftrees, with two fliarp ciifts upon it; The middle of the illandIS higheft, and called by the Spaniards, Alia Guardslupa ? voumay fail between ihis and ibe iftands de Sanlos. Thefe ifiardsreach NW. and SE. ncareft. havingon the South fide goodanchoring grtjund, but deep water. This ifiand afford. loodwaier, ihe place to fetch it is on the Weft fide. There arealio llore of wild hog,-, and sbtindance of banna-trees- itsappearance is as Thu II , ,„ ,1 Mr ^ A Difcriphon ef the IJland Defeadi. The ifland Dtfeada lies ENE. and WSW. having trees upon It, and is proportioned like a galley ; the NE end thereof appears like a head or prow of a gallery ; bu
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