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The english pilot. [electronic resource] : The fourth book. Describing the West-India navigation, fr...

The english pilot. [electronic resource] : The fourth book. Describing the West-India navigation, fr...

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The english pilot. [electronic resource] : The fourth book. Describing the West-India navigation, from Hudson's-Bay to the River Amazones. Particularly Delineating The Sea-Coasts, Capes, Head-Lands, Rivers, Bays, Roads, Havens, Harbours, Straits, Rocks, Sands, Shoals, Banks, Depths of Water, and Anchorage With all the Islands therein, as Jamaica, Cuba, Hispaniola, Barbados, Antigua, Bermudas, Porto-Rico, and the rest of the Caribbee and Bahama Islands Also A New Description of Newsound-Land, New-England, New-York, East and West New Jersey, Dellevar-Bay, Virginia, Mary Land and Carolina, &c. Shewing The Courses and Distances from one Place to another, the Ebbing and Flowing of the Sea, the Setting of the Tides and Currens, &c. With many other Things necessary to be known in Navigation. The whole being much enlarged and corrected, with the additions of several new charts and descriptions, not published before this edition. By the information of divers able navigators of our own and other nations.

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The english pilot. [electronic resource] : The fourth book. Describing the West-India navigation, from Hudson's-Bay to the River Amazones. Particularly Delineating The Sea-Coasts, Capes, Head-Lands, Rivers, Bays, Roads, Havens, Harbours, Straits, Rocks, Sands, Shoals, Banks, Depths of Water, and Anchorage With all the Islands therein, as Jamaica, Cuba, Hispaniola, Barbados, Antigua, Bermudas, Porto-Rico, and the rest of the Caribbee and Bahama Islands Also A New Description of Newsound-Land, New-England, New-York, East and West New Jersey, Dellevar-Bay, Virginia, Mary Land and Carolina, &c. Shewing The Courses and Distances from one Place to another, the Ebbing and Flowing of the Sea, the Setting of the Tides and Currens, &c. With many other Things necessary to be known in Navigation. The whole being much enlarged and corrected, with the additions of several new charts and descriptions, not published before this edition. By the information of divers able navigators of our own and other nations.

Publisher

London : printed for Thomas Page, and William Mount, at the Postern on Tower-Hill, MDCCXXIX [1729]

Uniform title

English pilot. Book 4.

Date

MDCCXXIX [1729]

Record Identifier

74VvXL67OJjO

MMS ID

991011017229702626

Language

English

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Physical Description

Physical content

[2],66p.,plates : ill.,maps ; 2°.

Publication information

Publisher

London : printed for Thomas Page, and William Mount, at the Postern on Tower-Hill, MDCCXXIX [1729]

Place of Publication

England

Date Published

MDCCXXIX [1729]

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Access Conditions

Available for use in the Library. Available from home to registered NSW residents.

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Full title

The english pilot. [electronic resource] : The fourth book. Describing the West-India navigation, from Hudson's-Bay to the River Amazones. Particularly Delineating The Sea-Coasts, Capes, Head-Lands, Rivers, Bays, Roads, Havens, Harbours, Straits, Rocks, Sands, Shoals, Banks, Depths of Water, and Anchorage With all the Islands therein, as Jamaica, C...

Notes

General note

"The 'English pilot' series was first initiated by John Seller, but 'The fourth book' was issued under the partnership of William Fisher and John Thornton" (NUC).

Reproduction of original from Harvard University Houghton Library.

Titlepage in red and black.

Citation / References Note

Tooley, R.V. Maps and map-makers, p.61.

Additional physical form availability note

Also available in microfilm held offsite at RAV/FM4/51.

Reproduction note

Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.

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74VvXL67OJjO

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MMS ID

991011017229702626