The safeguard of sailers: or, a sure guide for coasters. Describing the courses, distances, soundings, sands, rocks, and dangers: the bayes, rivers, ports, buoys, beacons, and sea-marks, &c. Upon the sea-coasts of England, Scotland, Ireland, France, Flanders, Holland, Jutland, and Norway. Also the flouds and ebbs, and setting of the currents, with directions for bringing a ship into the principal harbours, on the said coasts. Collected out of the newest and largest wagoner, and confirmed by the practice and experience of many able pilots and sea-men, now published for the common good. In this edition are added two useful sea-charts, one of the North-Sea, the other of the Channel.

People / Organizations

• Cornelis Antoniszoon (Author)

Imprint

London: printed for William Fisher, at the Postern-Gate near Tower-Hill; Robert Boulter, at the Turks-head, and Ralph Smith, at the Bible in Cornhill, near the Royal-Exchange, 1677.

Publication year

1677-1677

ESTC No.

R176298

Grub Street ID

68888

Description

[4], 160, 159-259, [1] p., plates ; 4⁰

Note

Text is continuous despite pagination.

Wing CD-ROM, 1996, incorrectly, lists only 'W. Fisher' in the imprint.

Page 1 starts: "I. Demonstration. Of the sea-coasts on the East side of England, with their marks, sands, buoys, and beacons, from the River of London to Newcastle; and from thence to Leeth and Edenbrough in Scotland.".Citation/references Wing (CD-ROM, 1996), A3476BSubject Navigation -- Early works to 1800.

Tides -- Early works to 1800.