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. . or 9. The middle river is three Icag. to the W ward ofthis place, between ihcm the ihore is bold, but there is a riffwhich runs from the W. point, and runs clofe in with the Ihore;as far as the Eaftermoft rngged ground of St. Lucia which is 5leag. to the of AV^^/orMj, which is to the the middle river 2 Icag. At the of St. Lucia it clofesagain with the land, and join? with the Colloradoes. If you runclofe along the riff, you will fee the opcnintr between thebreakers of St. liida ; after you are got in, you have fliut the Eiiliermoft breakers with the Weftcr-moft breakers, which you will do in a mile or tJiereabouts; be-tween tlie breakers you wiO find 3, 4, or 5 fath. and when youare in, anchor at the fame depth. Fjom St. Liicia you have20 Icag. run to CeUeradoi, your courfe mufl: be W. by S near-eft, then muft you lieer away SSW. Here you will find the current fct away to the 13 miles a watch, but very . A Draught of the Bay of nOHD P^.. Ibts l^aiinj naihfs la th» Cranges. A Dcfirlptwn of the IJla^id Cuba. 45
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