The coasting-pilot. The first part. : Describing the sea coasts, chanels, soundings, sands, shoals, rocks, and dangers: the bays, roads, harbours, rivers, ports, buoys, beacons, and sea marks upon the coast of Great-Britain, Holland, Flanders, and France. With directions to bring a ship into any harbour on the said coasts: being furnish'd with new and correct draughts, charts, and descriptions; gathered from the experience, and practice of divers able and expert navigators of our British nation. ... To which is added, A new description of North Britain. /
Marr, John,active 1670-1720.
Thornton, Samuel,active 1703-1739.
Hustler, James,former owner.
London : Printed, and sold by Samuel Thornton ...,
1714.
Relief shown pictorially ; bathymetry by soundings.
John Marr is the author of the "A new description of the east coast of Scotland from Berwick to Bokannais [i.e. Buchan Ness]" only; the whole atlas is attributed to Samuel Thornton.
Thornton first reissued John Seller's Coasting Pilot in 1706; this is a later edition with revisions and additions; the plates later passed to Mount & Page.
Edition statement: on title page at marks of ommission.
Title page verso: pasted amendment: This is to give notice, a sand lately grown up without Humber-Mouth...
Maps all by Samuel Thornton; earlier editions by John Thornton, hydrographer.
Chart of the North Sea -- England, Scotland, Ireland -- Coast of England from South Foreland to Flamborough Head -- Scotland ats [sic] North Britain ... surveyed by John Adair -- Coast of England from South Foreland to Orford Ness -- The Channell between England & France -- Isle of Wight & Owers -- Plymouth Sound, Catt-Water and Ham-owse -- England, Flanders & Holland -- Zealand from Walcheren to the Maes -- Ireland -- Irish Sea -- England to the Streights.
Title page verso: Bookplate of James Hustler of Acklam in Cleveland ... 1730.
John Bartholomew Collection.
Nautical charts