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. . f/fl«oS,./&,from which a reef off tofeawariover the outer end of which tlit- f a i;oitiriii)nly break; and thenyou may fleer E. inthe bay. eu whole cncranee youwill have15 fathom, and you may anc!,.>r in at the bottom of the bayin iQ 9, 8, or 7 fath. Abaut W. by N. 7 leagues frOm P^rteBello lays Orange Key, between which and ihe main is a channelof gradual founding from 6 ro j fathom, upon ihefe keysgrow plenty of Jimcs and oranges, NdU, The ifland that is a Itttk- to the E. ward of PertoBellowhich IS long and flac,is full of Ma>,,^revci,i,tv,r to which iflandyou have 9 or 10 fath. water very round theifland, and to the leewartl its fiat and full of breakers. Weltby N. from Perlo Belle 30 miles, lays point de Naos, and WhalfN. about 30 leagues from Y^mtde NaesU the mouihofC%r« river, which river runs near 30 leagues to the ,having its head yiiila de Cruz, to wliich plate it is naviaablefrom whence to Panama un the South-fca is about t^ In .h,. M™„ .pp„„ «„„ „d the Land „ ,hc ,h™f wh„ „ h Po „,bears as you fee about 4 or 5 Leagues off ranroni
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