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, 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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London : printed for Thomas Page, and William Mount, at the Postern on Tower-Hill, MDCCXXIX [1729]
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MDCCXXIX [1729]
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[2],66p.,plates : ill.,maps ; 2°.
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London : printed for Thomas Page, and William Mount, at the Postern on Tower-Hill, MDCCXXIX [1729]
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England
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MDCCXXIX [1729]
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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, C...
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"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.
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Tooley, R.V. Maps and map-makers, p.61.
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Also available in microfilm held offsite at RAV/FM4/51.
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Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
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