The English pilot : the third book : describing the sea-coasts, capes, headlands, streights, soundings, sands, shoals, rocks and dangers : the islands, bays, roads, harbours and ports in the Oriental navigation ... divided into three parts ... : collected for the general benefit of our own countrymen.
Published / Created:
London : Printed for William Mount and Thomas Page in Postern-Row on Tower-Hill, MDCCXLIII [1743]
Physical Description:
1 atlas (80 pages, [83] leaves of plates (some folded)) : illustrations, maps ; 50 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Maps & Atlas (printed)
Scale:
Scales differ.
Notes:
Originally compiled and published in 1703 by John Thornton.
Contents:
Contents (from title page): The first part, shewing the nature and properties of the winds and monsoons in the navigation from England to the East-Indies, and all over the Oriental Ocean, and thereby how to shape a course from one port to another, according to the time of the year in those seas -- The second part, containing necessary instructions for sailing between England and the East-Indies, in the Spring and Fall -- The third part, describing the sea-coasts, capes, headlands, streights, soundings, sands, shoals, rocks, and dangers. The islands, bays, roads, harbours and ports, from Cape Bona-Esperance, and over the Oriental Ocean, being very much corrected and augmented with several additions, not heretofore publish'd.
Subject Terms:
Coasts -- Indian Ocean. | Coasts -- China Sea. | Coasts -- Atlantic Ocean. | Navigation -- Indian Ocean. | Navigation -- China Sea. | Navigation -- Atlantic Ocean.
Form/Genre:
Nautical charts. | Atlases. | Pilot guides. | Annotations.
Contributors:
Thornton, John, 1641-1708, cartographer. | Thornton, S. (Samuel), -1715. | T. Page and W. Mount, publisher.