The english pilot. : Describing the West-India navigation, from Hudson's Bay to the River Amazones. Particularly Delineating The 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 Islands. Also A new Description of Newfoundland, New England, New York, East and West New Jersey, Dellawar Bay, Virginia, Maryland, 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 Currents, &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. By the information of divers able navigators of our own and other nations.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Thornton, John, 1641-1708.

Fisher, William, active 1669-1691.

Series:

Eighteenth century collections online. Part 1.

Standardized Title:

English pilot. Book 4.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pilot guides--Atlantic Coast (North America).

Pilot guides.

Physical Description:

12,11-66 pages,plates : illustrations,maps ; 2⁰

Place of Publication:

London : printed for Mount and Davidson, on Tower-Hill, M,DCC,LXXXIX. [1789]

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

text file

Notes:

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

Earlier editions have the title: 'The English pilot. The fourth book.'.

Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. s2009 miunns

Reproduction of original from Harvard University Houghton Library.

Cited in:

Verner, C. Carto-bibliographical study of The English pilot the fourth book, 36

English Short Title Catalog, N16936.

Access Restriction:

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