Two letters wherein the sovereignty of the British seas, and that the sole right of fishing in them, appertaineth to the King of Great-Britain, &c. is demonstratively maintain'd and Asserted; for Information of the Projectors of the new proposed Fishing-Company in Flanders. With remarks on the Dutch fisheries on our coasts and seas; and the great Advantages arising from them: with some account of the deficiencies of our sea-charts; and the Means whereby the same may be rectified at an easy Charge to the Publick. With a new map of the British coast and seas, including the Nymph Fishing Bank; with Account of two Voyages to it. Most Humbly Inscribed to the Rt. Hon. Sir John Barnard, Knt. Lord Mayor of London; and the Merchant-Adventurers, Insurers, and Mariners of Great-Britain and Ireland; By William Doyle, hidrographer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Doyle, William, b. 1705?.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fisheries--Great Britain--Early works to 1800.

Fisheries.

Sea control--Great Britain--Early works to 1800.

Sea control.

East India Company--Early works to 1800.

East India Company.

Genre:

Letters.

Physical Description:

1 online resource ([4],67,[3]p.,plate ) map ;

Other Title:

Two letters wherein the sovereignty of the British seas,

Place of Publication:

London : printed for J. Brett, at the Golden-Ball, opposite St. Clements Church in the Strand, 1738.

Notes:

With a half-title and a final errata leaf.

Price from imprint: price One Shilling.

Reproduction of original from Harvard University Houghton Library.

Cited in:

English Short Title Catalog, N14100.

OCLC:

642137189