A description of the Windward Passage, and Gulf of Florida, with the course of the British trading-ships to, and from the island of Jamaica. Also an account of the trade winds, and of the variable winds and currents on the coasts thereabouts, at different seasons of the year. Illustrated with a chart of the coast of Florida, and of the Islands of Bahama, Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica, and the adjacent smaller islands, shoals, rocks, and other remarkable things in the course of the navigation in the West-Indies. Whereby is demonstrated, ... To which are added, some proposals for the better securing of the British trade and navigation to and from the West-Indies. ... To which is now annexed, a very remarkable letter, ... By the late John Cowley, geographer to His Majesty.

People / Organizations

• (John). J Cowley (Author)
• John Applebee ("sold by")
• Anne Dodd II ("printed by and for", or "by/for and sold by")
• Elizabeth Nutt ("sold by")

Imprint

London: printed and sold by J. Applebee, in Bolt-Court, Fleet-street, C. Corbett, bookseller and publisher, in Fleet-Street; E. Nutt and E. Cook, at the Royal-Exchange, and A. Dodd, at the Peacock, without Temple-Bar, 1745. (Price One-Shilling.)

Publication year

1745-1745

ESTC No.

N68529

Grub Street ID

49906

Description

24, [4], 7, [1] p., plate : map ; 4⁰

Note

Map title: A chart of the Bahama Islands with a description of the gulf of Florida and windward passage &c: referred from the figures here set down, to the general index annexed--by J.C.

With an index and a separate title page of a seven page letter entitled: 'A letter on the present state of the Spanish West-Indies, to P------ H------, Esq;'.

The "Price One-Shilling" following imprint is printed within square brackets.

Signing continuous: [A]-H? (H2 verso blank).