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Title:
The English pilot : part V, describing the sea-coasts, capes, head-lands, bays, roads, harbours, rivers, ports : with the exact appearances and representations of the most principal marks, lands, &c. : together with the soundings, sands, shoals, rocks, and dangers, on the west-coat [sic] of Africa : from the Straits of Gibraltar to the Cape of Good Hope ...
Edition:
The third edition, with new additions
Published / Created:
London : Printed for William Mount and Thomas Page, on Tower-Hill, MDCCXXXIX [1739]
Physical Description:
1 atlas ([2], 42 pages, [38] leaves of plates (some folded)) : illustrations, maps ; 46 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Maps & Atlas (printed)
Scale:
Scales differ.
Notes:
The English pilot was first initiated by John Seller. Part V, by Jeremiah Seller and Charles Price, was first issued in 1701. See Tooley.
Contents:
Charts: [1] Chart of the Channell / Francis Lamp sculp. -- [2] A chart of the sea coast from England to the Streights / H . Moll f. -- [3] The Western Ocean -- [4] A chart of the coast of Barbary, from C. Spartell to C. Cantin -- [5] A chart of the coast of Barbary from Cape Geer to Cape Bajadore. A chart of the coast of Barbary from C. Bajadore to the Golfe of St. Anne -- [6] A chart of the coast of Barbaria, with the Western, Canaria, Cape de Verd Isles -- [7] A new chart of the sea coast of Arguin from the Gulf of St. Anna to the sand banck of Tindel -- [8] A chart of the coast of Guinea from Cape Verd to Cape Bona Esperança -- [9] An exact map of the River Sierra-Leone and the coast from thence to Sherbro / Gray sculp. -- [10] A chart of the shoulds & rivers of Gambia -- [11] A large chart of the north coast of Guinea, from Cape de Verd to Sherbro -- [12] A large chart of the coast of Guinea, from Sherbro to Cape Lopas -- [13] A chart of the Grain Ivory & Quaqua coasts in Guinea, from Cape St. Anne to Teen Pequene / F. Lamb sculp. -- [14] A chart of the Gold Coast in Guinea, from the River St. John to the River Volta / F. Lamp sculp. -- [15] A chart of the Bight of Binnin, from Ningo Grande to R. Andony / F. Lamp sculp. -- [16] A chart of the coast of Biafra, from Foche Island to Corisco Island, together with the islands of Fernando Poo & Princes / F. Lamb sculp. -- [17] A chart of the coasts of Gabon Loango and Congo, from C. St. Iohn to the River Ambris -- [18] A chart of the coast of Angola from the R. Ambris to Mount Negro / F. Lamb sculp. -- [19] A chart of the coasts of Cimbebas and Caffaria from Mt. Negro to the C. of Good Hope.
Subject Terms:
Coasts -- Africa -- Atlantic Coast. | Navigations -- Africa -- Atlantic Coast. | Carnegie, George -- Autograph.
Form/Genre:
Nautical charts. | Atlases. | Pilot guides.
Contributors:
Price, Charles, 1679?-1733, cartographer. | Seller, Jeremiah. | Lamb, Francis, engraver. | Moll, Herman, -1732, engraver. | T. Page and W. Mount, publisher.