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Box 2

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Contains 1 Result:

Booklet of manuscript sailing instructions, 1791 Jun 30

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 2
Identifier: MSC-279
Scope and Contents

Presented to Captain James Hawkins by Jn Law, HMS Robust, [3rd Rate, 74 guns], contains 63 numbered pages with descriptions of the following:

  • Madeira Islands, pg 1
  • Canary Islands, pg 2
  • Cape De Verde Islands, pg 3
  • Bearing and Distances of the West Indian Islands, pg 6
  • The Caribbee Islands, pg 8
  • St. Vincente, pg 12
  • Granada, pg 14
  • St. Lucia, pg 16
  • Tobago, pg 18
  • Dominico, pg 21
  • Mariagallante, pg 23
  • Antigua, pg 25
  • Montserrat, pg 28
  • Nevis, pg 29
  • St. Christophers, pg 29
  • Anguilla, pg 31
  • Virgin Gorda, pg 32
  • Remarks for the Round Rocks Passage, pg 33
  • Remarks about Jamaica, pg 37
  • Shoals and Keys at Port Royal, pg 38
  • Gulf of Florida and Windward Passage, pg 41
  • Coast of North America, pg 42 [including Halifax, pp. 42–45; Bay of Fundy, pp. 45; New York, pg 46; Cape Cod, pg 47; course and distance of the Coast of Nova Scotia and New England, pg. 47–48; Nantucket Shoals, pg 49; Rhode Island, pg 49; Long Island Sound, pg 50; New York, pg 52–53; Chesapeake Capes, pg 56–57; Carolina Coast, pg 58, Charleston, pg 58; Tybee Island, pg 60]
  • Remarks on the Bay of Fundy, pg 60–61
  • Bahama Islands, pg 62–63

Dates: 1791 Jun 30