Box 2
Container
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
Found in:
Naval War College Archives
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James Hawkins Whitshed