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. . A Defiription of Hudfonj Straits. The 15th we flood 10 the Northward, and anchoring in 7fathoms water, found a ftrong ebb from the SSE. 3 miles anhour. The lall of this ride Icrs round to the Northward, butthe flood is fmall and uncertain ; Then ftandirg for the bay,next day fa^ the land bearing E. and could fee from the N£.to [lie ESE. The I ;ih wc flood Co the Eaflward, fhoaled to 4. fathomswater, being 5 leagues from the Eaft Ihore, and 3 leagues from the W. fliore, the Sood wefouadtorun g miles an hourto SSE. but the ebb much ftronger, and comes from the W. which Ihewa there are fraall rivers in the bay amongftthe broken land ; ftanding into the bay into 2. fathoms water,a leagues from the Ihore, and fending the boat, found one partof the bay to lie in SE. broken land, and many land banks ;it flows here South half VVellerly, 5 feci water. Tlie bayappears thus: 3*^ S. The lift we raifed feveral i Hands bearing from the North tothe Eaft, one of which is high and remarkable, bearing thenEali eight leagues from us, the others ate law flat iQands, fome are woody, and fome ar^barrcti and Tandy. The othersappear in this manner,
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