Map The West-India pilot. Containing piloting directions for Port Royal Harbour in Jamaica, in and out through the kays ... The whole illustrated with a number of copper plates, finished by the best hands, describing the ports and bays ... with the true soundings laid down with the utmost exactness.


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Title
The West-India pilot. Containing piloting directions for Port Royal Harbour in Jamaica, in and out through the kays ... The whole illustrated with a number of copper plates, finished by the best hands, describing the ports and bays ... with the true soundings laid down with the utmost exactness.
Contributor Names
Speer, Joseph Smith.
Created / Published
London, Sold by W. Griffin, 1766.
Subject Headings
-  Pilot guides--West Indies--Maps
-  Nautical charts--West Indies--Maps--Early works to 1800
-  West Indies
Notes
-  Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
Medium
53 p. 13 maps. 41 cm.
Call Number/Physical Location
G1601.P5 S6 1766
Repository
Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 USA dcu
Digital Id
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g4390m.gct00147
Library of Congress Control Number
74180315
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https://lccn.loc.gov/74180315
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Speer, Joseph Smith. The West-India pilot. Containing piloting directions for Port Royal Harbour in Jamaica,in and out through the kays ... The whole illustrated with a numberof copper plates, finished by the best hands, describing the portsand bays ... with the true soundings laid down with the utmost exactness. London, Sold by W. Griffin, 1766. Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/74180315/. (Accessed January 20, 2018.)

APA citation style:

Speer, J. S. (1766) The West-India pilot. Containing piloting directions for Port Royal Harbour in Jamaica,in and out through the kays ... The whole illustrated with a numberof copper plates, finished by the best hands, describing the portsand bays ... with the true soundings laid down with the utmost exactness. London, Sold by W. Griffin. [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/74180315/.

MLA citation style:

Speer, Joseph Smith. The West-India pilot. Containing piloting directions for Port Royal Harbour in Jamaica,in and out through the kays ... The whole illustrated with a numberof copper plates, finished by the best hands, describing the portsand bays ... with the true soundings laid down with the utmost exactness. London, Sold by W. Griffin, 1766. Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <https://www.loc.gov/item/74180315/>.