Dolphins in the deep thee th'azured whole skulls Of Proteus pasture reuerence Matuta the Sea-queene Yeelds thee vp her Regiment Lady Doris stoopes lo thy handmayd Neptunes Musicien studieth with his horne to delight thee VVhiles thou a more certein searcher then Cola the straunge-fish Searchest out th'entries scant known to the Meyny o fishes And openest th'hidden secreats of th' old Lady Tethys VVhat profit in searching darke realms sited vnder horizon And Rocks condemned to be pincht with a frost neuer ending Or to go with Magelan to the South sea passages vtmost VVhat profit in Styx lake I le none of your Argos auenturs VVestern discouerers t is enough for mee t' haue a corner In this swift carauell to behold these Tables in order And learne how Northern Nereus hath spred many braunches And what in our regiōs th'heights are who knows whither oneday This Lukes discouerie shall rayze those Riphean hil-topps Where the Hyperborean long-liud people are to be found out Though thither yet no star nor lead hath led any Spaignard A NOTE OF CERTEIN WONDERFVL and most dangerous places in the Sea which Wagenar hath set downe in his Epistle to the Prince of Orenge AMonge the merueilous workes that the Almighty God hath created both vppon and in the Sea by and alongst all coastes besides all other dangers whervnto the sea-faryng men are subiect as tempests stormes windes sandes rockes c there are certeine places where the waues and flouds do so encounter each other and engoulph them-selues with such violence and swiftnesse that many shippes men and goods haue been cast away er they were ware of them The principall most perillous of all is the Maelstreame well or Slorp called the Mouskstream which lieth on the back side of Norvvay in 68. degrees on the North-side of an Island or Rock called VVeeray This well draweth the water vnto it selfe duryng the whole floud which is the space of sixe howers and .xij. minuts with such an indraught and force and with such a noyse thorow the tombling falling of the waues and streames the one vppon the other that it is rather to wonder at then to write of So that during that time with in the space of more then two leagues rounde about that Rock of Mousk vnder which that water floweth no ship or other vessell may come neare for they should to their vtter destruction be drawen into it swallowed vp But all the time of the Ebbe the water is so strongly cast vp agayne that no kinde of substance or mettell how heauy so euer it bee can there sincke So that the Northren Fishers at that time do with their Iollen or fishing boates take many and strange formed fishes which they draw vnto their boates with hookes lines which they haue ready layde for that purpose for that during the ebbe they cannot returne into the goulphe nor get vnder the water by any meanes The Northren people that inhabite about those Rockes do thinke that that streame passeth away vnderneath a parte of Norvvay vnto the North bottom in East Finland because in that place there is likewise such a Maelstream though not algether so strong nor daungerous where the like fishes are taken and the water is in like sorte troublesom as it is vnderneath and aboute the Rock of Mousk VVheruppon many experimented Pilots do call the sayd Slorp the Nauell of the sea which causeth the course of the Ebbes and Flouds about al the lands that are on this Northside of the Equinoctiall as the most conuement place for that purpose to spreade the waters South North East and west that is to say Northerly towardes the Pole Artick South easterly on the backside of Russia and Tartarie towardes the streict of the great south-South-sea called Mar del Sur wherin the Spicerie Islands called the Moluccas neare the Equinoctiall are liyng Southwards towards the North-sea of these Lowe countries as also on the backside of Scotland and Ireland towards the Spanish and Atlantick seas And towards the Northwest beyonde Izland towardes Furbushers streicts where it is thought the way vnto Catay may be found There are more ouer to be feared vpon the western seas very dangerous streames and goulphs as is the Ras of Portland where oft times happeneth such a turnyng and tombling of waues and streames that the Ships which passe that way are many times in great perill Moreouer the Ras of Blancquert between Normandie and the Isle of Alderney roreth and rageth so dangerously that many ships fal therin hedlong so deep that soddenly they are swalowed vp and sunck vnto the very bottom The Ras of Founteney is more daungerous then all these wherin many smale vessels barks of Britteny of other countries are suddenly deuoured and cast away And the entrance of the Garronne called the Riuer of Bourdeaux between the to w rs of Cordam and the Southern Northern Asses is likewise very perilous and many ships do often perish there if the Pilots be not skilfull well acqueinted with the place And these be the most daungerous goulphs and streames in the northern and western seas wherof it behoueth the seafaryng man to take speciall heede ⧠A TABLE OF THE SEVERAL CHAPTERS DESCRIPTIONS AND CHARTS OF THE FIRST parte of this Mariners Mirrour OF the vse and practise of these bookes Page 1 Of the speciall propertie of the sea Page 2 An exhortation to the apprentizes of the art of Nauigation Page 3 A table of the golden number and of the Epacts Page 4 How to finde the Epact without an Almenack Page 4 How to finde the new Moone from 1588. to 1600 Page 4 A table for the new Moones for the Meridian of London Page 5 A way to finde out the new Moone without either Callender or Ephemerides Page 6 Of the declination of the Sunne the vse therof Page 6 Of the vse of the Table for the Sunnes declina Page 7 The 4. tables for the Sunnes declination Page 8 To finde out the new Moone and the age of the Moone at all times accordyng to the auncient computation without either Kalender or Ephemerides Page 9 Of the fixed Starres and their vse Page 11 A Catalogue of the chief fixed starres Page 12 A table of the right assentions of the Sunne to finde out the howers of the night by the moone Page 14 Certein fixed starres that best fit the Crosse staff Page 14 A way to finde out the height of the Pole by the starres which are within the Tropicks declining from the Aequinoctiall Page 15 A declaration of the instrument folowyng Page 16 Of the makyng of al manner of sea crosse staues Page 18 The makyng of a Crosse-staff for sundry South Starres Page 18 How to make and vse a true and perfect Sea-Charte Page 20 THE courses and distances of all the Sea coasts of Holand Zeland Fraunce and Spayne Page 22 The courses of England Ireland and Scotland Page 22 Diuers and sundry courses ouer the Western
haue you the right course The Riff or sand of Lesow hath 8. or 9. fatham water in the channell but the shifting shoaldes haue but 2. or 2. and a halfe The Cape of Denmarke called the Schaghen or Scaw lieth six leagues North and by East from thence The traffiques of these countries are manifold viz. Suet Fatt and all kinde of Tallow and other marchandises as Filbeards Barley Mault Wheate Rie and such like A CARDE of the Beldt with all the Sea coastes Bounds and Site of the countries called Laland vnto Steuens head A PLAINE DESCRIPTION OF THE VTTERMOST COASTE OF JVTLAND that stretcheth out with a point towardes the farthest partes of the North sea opposite to Norway IF you will sayle from Schagen called the Scaw towardes Sebuy your right course lieth six leagues South and by west Southwardes of it are dangerous scattering shoaldes or sandes in 2. 3. or 4. fatham but in the channell you haue 5. or 6. fatham water The broade tower of Hals beareth from Sebuy fiue leagues South southwest and South and by west on the east side whereof is the deepe of Aelburgh In the entry are two Buyes and the Tower called Hals standeth on the Northside thereof Aelburgh lieth three leagues from the deepe vp the riuer Two leagues Eastward of the deepe is a shoalde called Svveteryn of 6. or 7. fatham depth which you must strike ouer sayling into the Belt for in the Channell you haue 10. or 11. fatham water The Isle of Leson is all round about flat and shallow a good league into the sea conteyning but 3. fatham water but on the Southside the like depth reacheth into the Sea two leagues and it is beeset with bankes of 2. or 3. fatham depth But from the South coast where standeth a Church stretcheth out a riffe toward the East two great leagues into the sea within which you may anker in 6. or 7. fatham for a South southeast winde There lieth out also from the Northside a riffe a league into the sea Tryndell beareth from hence three little leagues to the seaward Northeast and hath a shoald an aker and a halfe large and is scarce foure foote deepe neare to the Northeast part therof lieth alwaies a buy least the ships which come from Schagen should strike vpon it The lesser Helmen beareth from Schagen foure leagues South southwest you may sayle rounde about it for there is no danger it is 5. fatham deepe Trindell lieth from Schagen six leagues Southeast somewhat easterly If you come by night about Schagen to sayle into the Sound bryng the watch fier or the fier beakon it self Southwest by west from you before you set South eastwards for then standeth the fier beakon in the middest of the east towne and you are farre inough beyonde the Riff or poynt of Schagen which are the surest markes by night But if you come out of the Sound by night set the fier beakon south south west from you before you turne about Schagen Riff vp towardes Hartshals when the watch fier beareth South southwest from you you may perceaue the watch beakon fiue foote distant Eastwards of the easterne towne which are most certayne markes to goe cleare of Schagen But if you will by night passe by Schagen with an Easterly winde take heede of the streame or currant of the Belt for you may easely be carried vnder Norvvay where there is a deep which you must carefully looke too Aelburg is the chiefest towne of traffique of this countrie from whence is transported stoare of Barley and Mault besides some Hides Tallow and such like thinges The outtermost coast towards the northern sea hath a hard and dangerous shoare whereof it standeth you greatly vpon to beware for many shippes do there perish because there be no Hauens nor Roades A Description of the outtermost coastes of Jutland both of the Belt side of the North Sea side as they are situated between Aelburger Diep or hauen and Rijncopen A PERFECT DESCRIPTION OF OF THE SEA COASTS OF JVTLAND CALLED Yotland and of the hauens streames riuers and Islandes therevnto belonging THere runneth in by Bouenbergen a litle creeke about 2. fatham deep at halfe floud if you will goe in there tary your tide and then holde straight into the hauen as the charte sheweth you and when you are within the poynt cast anker where you haue 3. fatham at full sea for within it is shallow and most commonly dry If you will enter the creeke of Numit or Rincopen and being come as farre as the shoald of Reef-horne in 3. fatham depth turne vp Northeast and by North vntill you perceaue Blevvberch on your starrebord which lieth about two leagues Southerly from the sayd creeke and on the sande side of the entrie are two white Downes When you haue brought Blevvberch East Southeast bothe the white Downes are hidden almost Northeast from you beare boldly with the Downes almost hard abord the shoare and then shall you see the land markes vpon the North coast which when they shall be open before you tenne foote distance one from another hale alongst the shoare in 2. fatham water if you list with your Lead But when you are past the two Downes turne ouer towardes the two land markes and ride within by the North shoare in 3. or 4. fatham The entrie neere the Iap stretcheth inwardes Northeast and by North and North Northeast Right ouer against the North side of the white Downe standeth a broad Tower which you must keepe so vntill the land markes be one then by those markes runne alongest the Iap in it stretcheth most North North-east inwards vntill you are past the land marks if you will go farther in stay for a low water that you may perceiue how the drie Shoaldes and sandes lye on both sides for the channell is crooked and must be sounded Rincopen lieth inwardes about three leagues and there is eight leagues distance betwixt Numit and Sursuyt If you will sayle towardes Sursuyt or Scelinckeroog comming from the North ouer the shoald called Reef-horne in 3. fatham or thereaboutes you must conde alongst the South side of this shoald in 6. or 7. fatham water vntill you see the land on the Larbord you shall perceiue a gray Downe called Doodbergh holde alongst the land which is a low sand stretching from the East to the Westward in 3. fatham depth vntill you are come to the farthest end of the sand Then turne vp Westward and being within the sandes poynt anker in 3. fatham water or more There lyeth also a riuer or creeke ouerright the corner or poynt of this sand where a Boyer may enter in Here is the chiefe place of fishing of all Iutland where a ship without eyther cable or anker may be saued in time of neede From thence beareth Graevv diep three leagues South Southeast In the entrie you haue at halfe floud 2½ fatham Northward of the entrance is a poynt neere which you may
praise of this art seing things of greatest profit are set forth with least price where the matter it self carieth credit the man with his comment gaineth smale commendation It should be therfore me thinketh a greater shew of a pregnant wit then perfect iudgement with affected eloquence to commend this art or to expresse how necessarie the perfect knowledge therof were for all nations Yet if this peereles misterie be of such excellent desert and high accompt to al the rest of the world it must needs be most beneficiall and acceptable vnto this our natiue countrie not only for that it is an Island and that one of the most famous in all the world liyng as it weare a Triangle in the great Ocean enuironed with most dangerous waues Races Sands Rocks and Shoalds and hauing a people naturally apt and geuen to Seafaring Besides many other necessarie and politicall reasons But for that it is the holy Sanctuarie and almost only refuge for the afflicted the blessed seat of her Sacred Maiestie whose incomparable and diuine vertue the enemies of God and man do most maliciously enuie and incessantly seek by all diuelish deuises practises whatsoeuer to bereaue vs of as of a most precious Iuell which all true Christians esteeme of far greater worth and valew then all the Indian riches Wherefore I cannot but perswade my self but as their raging mallice doth daylie increase and come to height so the means of our defence in this skill shall still be multiplied And albeit your L. commandment and charge geuen me to translate these books hath manifested your zeale and affection for this common good yet in mine opinion it hath more highly commended and aduaunced the work it self in that your Honorable approbation hath credited and auctorized it For if the Geometritians triumph of that Oracle which Appollo gaue to the inhabitants of Delos asking counsell at his mouth for remedie of their plague that they should double his cubick Altar which Plato construed that they must studie Geometrie How much more ought all such as trauaill by Sea and especially our English Mariners reioyce and resolue them-selues of the worthinesse of this woork and hereby no doubt haue no lesse cause dulie and daylie to pray for you by sea then an infinit number of others her Maiesties good subiects for your bountie pietie and Iustice vprightly ministred do zealously by lande As for the vnskilfulnesse in handling hereof I haue no other meanes to couer it but as the Poet Accius did his shortnes who being a person of a verie lowe stature pourtraied for himself a verie tall picture so I being but of smale desert haue gotten me a most honorable worthy patron Following herein Teucer who thought himself salf vnder the shield of Aiax protesting that as by the daily most comfortable testimonies of your especiall fauour and goodnes towards mee I am aboue all men liuing most bounden to you So do I acknowledge mee your onlie owne and do vtterly disclayme of any maner interest in my self which with this and ought els within the compasse of my litle power whatsoeuer I humblie offer vp vnto your L. as a pledge of my most dewtifull and faithful affection to you yours And thus all together vnable to satisfie my self in sufficiently expressing my thankfull minde and loyall hart with my feruent prayer I commit the rest to be supplied by the giuer of all goodnesse whom I most humbly beseeche bountifully to reward your L. with increase of Honour and all happines in this world and after a longe race heroically run a crowne of euerlasting honour From the Court at S. Iames. 20. Octob 1588. Your L. most Bounden and Deuoted A Ashley THE AVTHORS ADMONITION TO THE READER FReendly Reader forasmuch as all skilfull and experienced in the art of Nauigation do well know that certein of the sandy coastes and shoares as also diuerse mouthes entries of riuers aswell of Holland and Frizeland as of Yutland which in old time was called Cimbrica Chersonesus and of other countries are moueable haue not alwaies their being in one self place as in these Tables or Chartes rightly fitly faithfully they are set down I could do no lesse then admonish the thereof that thou mightest diligently obserue and marke them by these Mappes as thinges most necessarie to be regarded For it is perfectly knowen to all Pilots and Masters that by force of tempests and violence of boisterous windes huge heaps of sand are so dispersed that at length they are made euen with the plaine Sea-shore VVhich Keteldune of North Holland the yle Busk or Corensand lying betwixt Lawers and Scilla neere the shore of East Frizland and the better part of Ameland in this our age do most euidently certeinly bewray For these Sand-hils are in such sort blowen abroad and scattered that at this day they can scarcely be perceaued nay they do scant differ in shew from the plaine low shore especially Buske or the Isle of Corensand which hath been so notably metamorphosed that in a raging and wrought sea it is quite ouerflowen at an high water In like maner all Masters and Pilots do vnderstand that by force and violence of outragious stormes which cause most mighty and ouerthwart billowes diuerse sandy entraunces and Chanels of the Sea alongst the foresayd coastes are sometimes choaked with sandes and sometimes do shift their seate VVherfore by the lawe of the Sea such places are expresly forbidden to bee entered without sounding and therefore they are called VVaters of Pilotage I haue obserued and marked these strange chaunges of late yeres both in the Maze and elswhere and therfore do find this most true that for the former causes many hauens are decayed and many are altered as the olde Ripe-deep in Yutland doth sufficiently manifest the same which hauing had his chanell heretofore betweene Rim and Manu hath it now welneere two leagues more Northward betweene Manu Fanu But these onely may suffice for examples sake And although all these and such like alterations which haue hitherto beene found are with great care faithfully corrected and reformed by me in the pourtraicts and descriptions of these Sea-Cardes yet could I not omit this my well meaning and sincere admonition for two causes First that by these examples thou mightest vnderstand that vpon the like causes the like chaunges may happen next that the vnskilfull and especially the enuious backbiter and carper may haue no matter to cauill nor occasion to carp seeing that things to come and vncerteine can by no meanes possible bee perfectly described And for that it is but too apparant how much euell speach hatred and enuy preuayle in this our wretched age I haue thought good to rehearse briefly in this place the beginning and progresse of this my labour First I endeuoured by all my studie paines diligence and care to draw the generall Sea-Cardes and the other particuler plots exactly and faithfully as became mee and in the
seas Page 23 The courses of Norway Swedland and East Finland Page 23 Diuers courses ouer the Baltick or Eastern sea Page 23 The courses of Frizeland Yutland Pomerland Curland and Lyfland Page 24 The courses on the backside of Moscouie and generally of all our traficks Page 24 A table of the Altitudes or Latitudes of the Pole of the most famous places points and capes Page 25 An explication of the common table of the tides Page 26 VVhat Moone maketh full Sea vpon the coastes of Yutland Frizeland Holland and Zealand Page 26 Full sea vpon the coasts of Flaunders Normandie Britain Gascoyn Biscay Gallicia Portugall and Spayne Page 26 Full sea vpon all the coasts of England Scotland and Ireland Page 26 An instruction to know how many leagues you sayle vpon euery point of the compas for a degree Page 27 A declaration of the table followyng Page 27 The compas and table of the ebbyng and flowing of the Sea Page 27 A compas and table to finde out the Tides of all coastes Page 27 A declaration of the table which conteineth all the full seas fallyng waters vpon the same poynt of the Compas Page 29 The perfect table or tide Chart. Page 30 The ebbs and fallyng waters a-longst the coasts of Frizeland Holland Zeland and Flaunders Page 32 Falling water a-longst the North coasts of Scotland and England Page 32 Falling water between Brittain and Fraunce Page 32 Falling water a-longst the west coasts of England and Ireland Page 32 A perfect description of the depths and soundings nere to diuers prouinces of our Nauigation Page 33 A discription of the soundings and grounds between Ireland England and Normandy Page 34 A discription of the depths of the North Seas from the North Foreland Page 35 The depth of the North Ocean neare Yutland and Ameland Page 35 The soundyngs and grounds of Yutland neare the Schagen or Scaw Page 36 The depths and grounds of the Baltic or Eastern sea Page 36 The Plots or Sea Charts A Discription and generall sea Chart of all the coasts of the greatest part of Europe Page 1 Of the forme and fashion of Buys Beakons and other markes Page 1 Of the Vlie and the Maersdeepe Page 2 Of the Maze the Goere and the Vere Page 3 Of the sea coasts of Flaunders Page 4 Of the Isles of Alderney Garnzey and Iersey and the Quasquets c. Page 5 Of the sea coasts between S. Mallos and beyond the port of Roscou Page 6 Of Conquet Brest and Fontenay Page 7 The wonderfull coasts of Britayn Of the South coasts of Britayn between Blauet and Picquelier with Bellisle and Groy Page 8 Of the sea coasts of Picquelier Rochel Brouage as far as the Riuer of Bourdeaux Page 9 Of the sea coasts of Acason Bayon and the Eastern part of Biscay vnto Castro Page 10 Of the sea costs between Laredo and Sentilliana Page 11 Of the sea coasts between Rio de Sella and Auiles Page 12 Of the sea coasts of Ribadeos Biuiero and Luarca Page 13 Of Corunna called the Groyn Ferolis and Monsy the cheifest Ports of Gallicia Page 14 Of the coasts of Gallicia from the Cape of Finisterre to Camino Page 15 Of the sea coasts of the North parts of Portugal from Viana to Cape de Montego Page 16 Of the sea coasts of the most notable part of Portugal viz. from the Burlings to beyond S. Yues Page 17 Of the sea coasts of Algarbes the Southern part of Portugall Page 18 Of the sea coasts and hauens of Andaluzia Page 19 Of the sea coasts from the Surlings the farthest part of England to Plimmouth Page 20 Of the sea coasts of England between Plimmouth and Portland Page 21 Of the sea coasts between the Isle of Wight and Douer Page 22 THE TABLE OF THE SECOND PART OF the Thames mouth with al the sands shoalds vnto Harwicâ— I The North coasts of England between walderswick and Burnam II The coasts and Channels of Lyn Hull Fyly and Scharborough III Of the Northermost coasts of England from Scharborough to Newcastell IIII The sea coasts between Bambourgh and Aberdein V Of the Southermost part of Norway the coastes adioynyng VI Of the Northern parts of the East sea coasts of Norway and the coasts adioynyng VII Of the North-east countries where the Maelstrand is the chiefest Port. VIII Of the principallest part of Denmark wherin standeth Copen-hauen IX Of Bleckside and Calmer-sound at the entrance of Swed-land X Of VVesterwick about the Mount of the Swethish Yunckfrow the beginning of the Shares XI â—he Sea coasts between wyburgh and the Narue the farthest part of the Belt XII Of Lyfland about Reuell and Moonsound and of the coasts adioynyng XIII Of Righ and Parnout and of the Islands adioynyng XIIII Of the Isle of Oesel liyng between the Belt and the Bay of Righ XV Of Prusland wherof Dantzick is the cheifest Mart. XVI Of the coasts of Pomerland and the countries adioynyng XVII Of the New-deep that stretcheth vp to Statin and Mesound and the sea coasts of Metellenburgh Lubick the Belt Green-sound Moon c. XVIII Of the Belt and all the Islands Rocks and Shoalds between Lalands riff and Steuens head XIX The vttermost coasts of Yutland opposit to Norway XX Of the sea coasts of Yutland with the Islands thervnto belongyng XXI Of Iderst Ditmers and the sea coasts adioynyng XXII Of the sea coasts of Fryzland with the Riuers of VVeser and Emes and of Schalbalch XXIII OF THE VSE AND PRACTISE OF THIS BOOKE WHosoeuer will vse these Charts of seafaring as they ought and as the practise it selfe requireth must first know and diligently marke that the seuerall arisings and appearing of euery country are particularlie pourtrayed in the vppermost part of the Chart or else where is greatest roome and sometimes in the mappe folowing for the fitnes of the place as appeareth in the Charte of Flaunders where the chiefe appearances of Holland and Zealand are set downe in the vppermost part of the Charte in the same fashion as they shew and appeare first to those which come from the sea which may be knowen by mountaynes valleys woodes hils cliffes towres cities beakons or capes c. But after that the coast is descried a skilfull Pilot must consider how he may saile thither and vpon what point of the compasse the hauen or riuer lieth what banks shoalds taile sands rockes vnder and aboue water what blind rockes you must shunne and what depth is neere the shoare And being come nearer what shoare markes steeples windmils hils and cliffes what trees are to be brought in one to come to the true depth or channell Moreouer how the Buyes be set neare the hauens or riuers both in going out and comming in and how farre they lie one from another And that is expressed at large and in good order in the seuerall description of euery Charte And seing that many which were neuer at Sea will not without cause meruaile when they see
these particuler maps why in some coasts riuers and other Inland waters the townes towres rockes and other markes or signes do seeme on one side to stand vpright and on the other side cleane contrarie The gentle Reader shall vnderstand that in the particuler Chartes I haue treated little thereof as a matter not incident to the treatie of Nauigation But forasmuch as Pilots Shipmasters Mariners and many others whom it specially concerneth which set out daylie to the seas haue hitherto continually vsed as yet do alwaies vse the like charts so that with the least alteration therof they may often put in daunger their ship goods I thought it not requisite by and by to change the same although I know and haue prooued for certaintie that it will seeme very absurde and against reason to all cunning skilfull men whom I earnestly desire for that cause to haue me excused least by reason of the straungnes and such doubtfull alteration those which go to the sea should be brought to any doubt or confusion wherby many daungers and discommodities might ensue And let it not seeme straunge to any if peraduenture some of the sea coastes hauens countries c. appeare not so fully and plainely and shewe themselues as indeed they are and as they are pourtraied in our seuerall Chartes For albeit besides mine owne skill and experience I haue conferred and shewen whatsoeuer is contained in this booke to diuers Shipmasters and expert Pilots and haue corrected the same by their notes who according to their seuerall experience and iudgement haue praised and allowed all these seuerall Chartes which since that I haue published in the same forme yet because it is naturall for men to be deceaued for that diuers men haue not only diuers opinions but also euident faults perhaps many errors wil be found in this booke which a painfull and diligent Pilot will easely amend seing it is farre easier to correct that which is already inuented then to frame a new ⧠OF THE SPECIAL PROPERTIE OF THE SEA WHICH ASWEL IN times past as at this present maketh many to wonder NO man doubteth that the waues of the great Ocean and the force of the streame notwithstanding a contrary winde doe alwayes come from the North-west and flow very swiftly vpon all the sea coastes in the seas of our vsuall nauigation The waues are mounted on such an height and separated so farre asunder that when two shippes are parted by such waues each others mastes and toppes cannot be seene which happeneth commonly at a still water or calme weather And these waues are so farre distant that you cannot shoot from one ship to another with a Caliuer Moreouer in all the streicts or Leuant sea the waues alwaies driue and rise vp against the coastes creekes and shores and also the little streames and riuers notwithstanding a contrary wind alwaies roule vp against the shore a thing doubtlesse strange wonderfull But yet I thinke that no man hath hitherto as farre as I know certainly declared or defined the naturall cause of this motion VVherefore in few words I will declare my opinion hereof The cause of this motion may proceede without preiudice to other mens opinions from the North-west quarter because many tempests and stormes arise in the North and North-west countries by reason of the coldnes and intemperature of the ayre land and sea from whence blow such mighty and forcible windes driuing and beating the sea and the waues thereof with such might that no contrary wind can stoppe or resist the course or tossing thereof and that happeneth by reason of the continuall succession of the waues and surges which driue one another from a coast so farre off But some man may demaunde why it proceedeth not rather from the South-west where the sea is widest and largest who may bee thus aunswered That the sunne with his naturall heate doth so temper and moderate the winds surges and waues vnder the South Clymates that there cannot arise such great tempestes For it is seene and prooued by daily experience in the Indian Nauigation that the sunne being high in the South Clymates doth make the weather calme and the waters smooth Contrarywise the sunne being in the North and North-west hath no such force but yeeldeth lesser heate which may bee the cause why the waues are alwayes troublesome North-westward and come rouling about all the sea coastes of Europe But I beleeue that a shippe farre from the shore and vnder sayle in the middest of the Northwest sea perceaueth no such matter But when you draw neare or about Nevv-found land you shall doubtlesse finde againe that the flouds and narrow seas within the land are stirred vp and flow from the North-east And this gentle Reader is my opinion hereof submitting my selfe to the better censure of other men But the secretes of Almighty God the onely creator and gouernor of all thinges are so incomprehensible and insearcheable although we behold the heauens the ayre the land seas that we are altogether vnable in respect of his omnipotencie or rather vnworthy to iudge or set downe any certaintie thereof but so farre as our indeuour and the compasse of our humaine wit giuen vs of God can naturally conceaue and no farther The rest we most humbly referre to his diuine maiestie vntill we are chaunged from this miserable and wretched life ⧠AN EXHORTATION TO the Apprentises of the Art of Nauigation THe first and chiefest way to attayne to the perfect skill and science of Nauigation is whensoeuer any Shipmaster or Mariner shall set foorth from land out of any Riuer or Hauen diligently to marke what buildings Castles Towers Churches Hils Bals Downes VVindmils or other marks are standing on the land All which or many of them let him pourtray with his penne how they beare and how farre distaunt but vppon the true and certeine poynts of the Compasse vppon which hee first set sayle and shaped his course whilest yet euery marke on the land may bee clearely and euidently perceaued to the end the true arising thereof may be the better had Hee must also very often cast the Lead that he may most exactly note in his Compt-booke how farre off all the shoalds and sands lie from the shoare In like manner must he proceed that descrieth and arriueth towards any other countrey to wit assoone as the arising and shew of the land be it high or low with the beakons and other markes may be plainely perceaued straightway must hee compare them all with those our Chartes and Tables And when the Coast is thus knowne eyther wholy or in parte then must hee warily and diligently indeuour to seeke out and finde the true depth and channell by certeine Marks Towers Churches Beakons c. which are found almost at euery port entrie cape or poynt and no lesse heedfully consider how his course lyeth inwardes and outwardes Any Mariner that will diligently and with vnderstanding practise these
at 12. of the clocke 45. minutes when she is two dayes olde at 1. a clocke 30. minutes A three dayes moone at 2. a clocke 15. min. and at foure dayes at 3. a clocke Then is she horned and hath runne the eight part of hir course But when she shall be halfe full or one quarter olde it shall flow still in those places till six a clocke morning and euening After this the tide shall be later euery day then other by three quarters of an houre Thus by this which hath bene sayd the iust time of the full sea may be accounted with ease in what place soeuer As euery 15. day one poynt of the cōpasse is giuen ouerplus to the ful moone the cause is that the compasse hath 32. pointes and the moone but 30. dayes VVherevpon in this table of Tydes you must begin your account agayne at the full or new moone the 15. day And when the moone is halfe a quarter olde being Northeast and Southwest it shall be high water at 3. in the morning and afternoone But on the quarter dayes an East and West moone at 6. a clocke morning and euening shall cause full sea For in this maner are the tides reckoned of Pilotes and all Mariners euery day A perfect Table to find out easily vpon each poynt of the Compasse what day of the Moones age and vvhat houre and minute of the day or night you shall haue full Sea or falling vvater in all places S and N Moone full Sea The Ebbe vpon the same point S. and by W. Moone full Sea The Ebbe vpon the same point 0 12 0 At all the Iles of Iutland Before the Eyder and Heuer Before Delfzyle and Embden Before Enchuysen Vik all the shoares of Flaunders Beachy shoare At the Foreland Within Harwich At Douer At Concalo S. Malo In the Condado At Hamton kaye From the Ness vnto Bollaine 0 12 45 Before the Cammer of Rye Before Flisshing From the Ness vnto Wolforts land From Estaples vnto Bollayne 1 12 45 1 1 30 2 1 30 2 2 15 3 2 15  3 3 0   4 3 0 4 3 45 5 3 45 5 4 30 6 4 30 6 5 15 7 5 15 7 6 0 8 6 0 8 6 45 9 6 45 9 7 30 10 7 30 10 8 15 11 8 15 11 9 0 12 9 0 12 9 45 13 9 45  13 10 30 14 10 30 14 11 15 15 11 15 15 12 0 S.w. and N. E. Moone full Sea The Ebbe S.w. and by W. Moone full Sea The Ebbe 0 3 0 Betweene the Heads At Fontenay All the coastes of Spaine Gascoine Poictou and without the bankes of Flandres The South coastes of Britaine Before New Castell In Robbenhoods baye At Amstelredam Dordrecht Zierick sea and Rotterdam From Cape de la Hague vnto the I le and Ras of Alderney From Iarsey vnto the Caskets From Mylford vnto the Ramshead before Foye In the Ras of Portland 0 3 45 Before the Garonne or the Riuer of Bordeaux From Strusart vnto Deepe From Cape de Cleere to Lundye From the Lizard vnto the Start poynt 1 3 45 1 4 30 2 4 30 2 5 15  3 5 15 3 6 0 4 6 0 4 6 45 5 6 45 5 7 30  6 7 30 6 8 15 7 8 15  7 9 0 8 9 0 8 9 45 9 9 45 9 10 30 10 10 30 10 11 15 11 11 15  11 12 0 12 12 0 12 12 45 13 12 45 13 13 30 14 1 30 14 2 15 15 2 15 15 3 0 E. and W. Moone full Sea The Ebbe W. and by N. Moone full Sea The Ebbe 0 6 0 On the outside of the Sorlinges Before Hamborough At Lundye Before the Mars-deepe In the Bay before S. Poul Without Vshant Before Bordeaux At Blackney and Wels. At Hull within the riuer Before Antwerp From the Caskets to Dierliet From the lands end vnto the Lyzard 0 6 45 Before Falemouth At Plimmouth At Hartlepoole Before Scharborough From the I le of Bas vnto Marwanen alongst the shoare 1 6 45 1 7 30 2 7 30 2 8 15  3 8 15  3 9 0  4 9 0 4 9 45  5 9 45 5 10 30 6 10 30 6 11 15 7 11 15 7 12 0 8 12 0 8 12 45 9 12 45 9 1 30 10 1 30 10 2 15 11 2 15 11 3 0 12 3 0 12 3 45 13 2 45 13 4 30 14 4 30 14 5 15 15 5 15 15 6 0 N.w. and S.E. Moone full Sea The Ebbe N.w. and by N. Moone full Sea The Ebbe 0 0 0 In the Ras of Portland Before the Caskets Before Garnesey Before the Ems. Before the Vlie Before S. Helene Vpon the Flakes of the Wiering and Frysland From Yarmouth vnto Cromer within the bankes  0 9 45 Within the néedles of Wight Within the Goude  1 9 45 1 10 30 2 10 30 2 11 15  3 11 15 3 12 0 4 12 0 4 12 45 5 12 45 5 1 30 6 1 30 6 2 15 7 2 15 7 3 0 8 3 0 8 3 45 9 3 45  9 4 30 10 4 30 10 5 15 11 5 15 11 6 0 12 6 0 12 6 45 13 6 45 13 7 30 14 7 30 14 8 15 15 8 15 15 9 0 S. S.w Moone full Sea The Ebbe vpon the same point S.w. and by S. Moone full Sea The Ebbe vpon the same point 0 1 30 Before the Wieling Before the Mase In the Downes All alongst Beachy At Blackenesse On all the coastes of Zealand At Armuye Before Canfer or Teruer Vnder Holy land From Graueling to Woltersland 0 2 15 At Saint Lucas At Lisborne At Cales Malis Before the Condado Before S. Mathews A middes the Heads betwéene Douer and Calice From Dunckercke to Graueling From Cane to Estaples From Deepe to Cane From Bertram to the Caskets From Dartmouth to Excester 1 2 15 1 3 0 2 3 0  2 3 45 3 3 45 3 4 30 4 4 30 4 5 15  5 5 15 5 6 0 6 6 0 6 6 45 7 6 45 7 7 30 8 7 30 8 8 15 9 8 15  9 9 0 10 9 0 10 9 45  11 9 45 11 10 30 12 10 30 12 11 15 13 11 15 13 12 0 14 12 0 14 12 45 15 12 45 15 1 30 W.S.w. Moone full Sea The Ebbe W. and by S. Moone full Sea The Ebbe 0 4 30 In the Brefond and Vourd At Marie port At Calice within the Créeke On the West coast of Ireland At Obeurac In Moushole hauen Before the riuer of Humber From Oastend to saint Catherins From Dierliet to Strusart The Bresont out and in From Cape de Cleere to Saltees From Lundie to Milford From Wales into the chanell of Brustol From the Sorlings to the lands end From the Start to Portland 0 5 15 Within Falmouth Within Plimmouth Within Dartmouth At the Lezard Before S. Poul Within Garnsey In the Sea of VValles Before Lyn. From the I le of Base to Dorsey and the
trust to these measures At the North Hooke of Texel land may be seene at 16. fatham depth Holland is seene at 14. or 15. fath water when you sayle within the shoald called the breede Veerthiene which beginneth at the Northwest of Harlem and stretcheth alongst the coast of Holland to the west ende of Vliland and is 7. or 8. leagues distant from the shoare The soundinges and groundes of Iutland neere the poynt of the Cimbrians commonly called Schagen or Schaw A Great league west and by North from the schavv is 35. fatham depth North northeast a great league of the corner of this poynt is found 38. fatham depth And when the poynt is northwest from you then you haue 17. fatham water Betweene this poynt and Lesou the chanell is 20. fath deep and the ground like clay or dirt Betwixt Anhout and VVaersberg in the middest of the Channell is 22. fatham water Betweene Lesou and Anhout the ground is firme and stony neere VVaersbergh is a shoald of 17. fatham depth Betweene Anhout and Col is another shoald of 17. fatham where sometimes it is troublesome like a whirepoole The depths and grounds of the Balthic or Easterne seas BEtweene Oeland and Gothland the soundinges are vnequall sometimes of 20. sometimes of 23. fath the ground of blacke and stony grosse sand like vnto Peas VVhen the South end of Oeland is two leagues distant from you westwardes you haue 27. fatham water where also you may commodiously gage water But when the chappell in Sudernoorden beareth west Northwest off you then haue you 31. fatham depth and ground fit to gage water Ouer against the rocke in the faire way is 52. fatham and a claye ground but fit for gaging Betweene the greater and lesser Carla you haue 14. fath depth vnder which is safe road for ships There is a shoald betweene Houburg Ostergard contayning 24. fath depth the ground is great red sand but hardly from thence can you ken Gothland out of the top There is also to the Eastward another shoald of 36. fath depth which when you are past you haue more then 40. fatham water VVhen the poynt of Righ is 3. leagues Southeast from you then haue you 30. fatham depth but when it is from you halfe a league South south-easterly you haue 15. fatham the ground is white sand But when it beareth west a small league from you then you shall finde 16. fatham water Ouer against Heel halfe a league from the shoare it is almost 32. fatham deepe The roade for shippes at Heel hath 25. fatham depth Betweene Moane and Falsterborn is 14. fatham depth Betweene sted and Falsterborn in the very chanell it is but 12. fath deepe neere Falsterborn it is full of shoaldes but neere Sted you haue 13. fatham water Betweene Drakerriff and Southolmen which is more shoaldie there is 5. fatham depth wanting two foote From thence towardes the Sound it is sometime deeper as 6. 7. 8. 9. or 10. fatham A DESCRIPTION AND POVRTRAICT OF THE GREATEST PARTE OF THE SEACOASTES OF EVROPE FOr asmuch as these particular Sea Chartes which I haue set foorth of the Westerne Eastern and Northern Nauigation with the rest which I hope hereafter at the first opportunitie to publish haue their originall and beginnyng from this generall Charte of the Sea Coasts of Europe wherin you may playnly perceaue how the particular Countries are annexed and ioyned eache to other and euery one of them in his right place distance poynt of compas degrees minutes c. I haue therefore thought necessary to place this generall table or pourtraict at the very beginnyng of this booke before all the rest to th' end you may thereby the better seeke and finde out the particulars obseruynge th' order and methode of this booke Thinkynge it needelesse to make any larger discourse thereof for the vse of Saylyng Consideryng that the particular descriptions with their Charts being taken out of this generall and enlarged do very sufficiētly teache shew bothe the countries themselues their commodities so they be rightly examined accordyng to the true art of Nauigation employinge therewithall such necessarie instruments as appertayne therevnto A SHORTE INSTRVCTION OF THE FORME AND fashion of Buyes Beakons and other markes c. which are set for Shoaldes Sandes or hidden Rockes as they are marked in the particular Chartes of the Fliestreame Eemse Weeser the Elue Meersdiep and the Mase VPpon all the Riuers and Streames of Holland Friesland and Zeland the Buyes at the vpper ende are rounde and great and at the lower end small and sharpe like vnto this marke 1 being made blacke with Pitche or Tar lying for the moste parte vppon the right hande in Saylinge out on the lefthand in commyng in And on th' other side for sandes flats shoaldes do commonly stand the Beakons and other higher and more apparant marks made of Oasyers after this manner 2 that they may bee the farther of perceaued And where there is danger of poincts of Rockes Sandes shoaldes that stande out there are that you may shunne them white Tunnes or Buyes made after this fashion which do alwayes he vpon the contrary side of the foresaid black buyes The eye markes whereby you may assuredly finde these buyes and other markes are sufficiētly declared in the description before eache Charte But you must vnderstand that the Buyes and markes are herein noted as they weare Anno. 1582. Moreouer because the depthes and channels of the Riuers do yerely shift and chaunge their places both by reason of the vncertaintie and instabilitie of the sandie groundes and for that the entringes and mouthes of the Riuers do dayly waxe wider broder therfore these streames are to be tried by soundyng and to be sayled in with skilfull and experienced Pilots maisters The lande markes placed at the entries of Riuers I haue for streightnes of roome marked thus But where there is false roade grounde fit for Ankering I haue set downe this forme of an Anker The Figures which are placed in al Hauēs Riuers Streames Channels aswell in the mayne sea as elswhere vpō al the shoaldes Sandes Rockes do signifie the depth of the places as 1. 2. 3. 10. 12. Fatham so forth which is alwaies to be vnderstoode at half flood or ebbe The litle Crosses marked in this manner †alonge the Coastes neare Islandes and elswhere betoken hidden and daungerous Rockes of which you must carefully beware And where the double crosses are there lye greater Rockes couered with the water These markes in the Chartes are made thus A Generall Carde discription of the Sea Coastes of Europa and nauigation in this booke conteyned Semper eadem HONI SOIT QVI MAL Y PENSE SPQR Judocus Hondius fe A TRVE DESCRIPTION OF THE VLIE AND THE MARSDEEP TWO OF the notablest Riuers of all Holland from the Northern vnto the Southerne sea HE that will sayle from the North sea vp to Amsterdam or
Enchuisen by the entrie of the VLIE commonly called Noordergat must so direct his course that the Lande-marke of Schelling may exactly answere to the thrée Downes and the Blacke downe must be directly opposite to the middest of the high White downe Then appeareth the first Buy from which he shall sayle vnto the seconde South and by East or South and by West accordyng as the winde and tide will serue From thence vntill he come to the Buy which lieth vpon the Buske South and by West or South still carefully obseruing your tyde From thence let him sayle vnto the Buye in Moncksloot South or Southe and by West thence to Longsand South and by East then to Wolfshouk south east and by South but till he come to Cashoucke let him kéepe south south east The eye marke of Cashoucke is when the Towre of Franike appeareth neare the hauen of Harling From Cashouck vnto Schutsande the course is East south east the markes wherof are these viz. That Cornwerde on the East side is right opposite to Bolswerde and Winald is discerned aboue the Castle of Harling From Schutsand he must sayle to Swaenbalg South east where the Buye lieth with these markes viz. When Boldeswerde appeareth on the Eastside of the broade tower or the high buildynge on the Southside of Cornewerde But when Bolswerde is perceaued betwéen Destin and Cornewerd then may he plie that reache vp or downe at his pleasure From Swaenbalg he may passe to Middleground South south east the markes hereof are when the two picked stéeples of Harlynge on the Southside are right agaynst two other Towers on the Northside The way from Middlegrounde vnto Idelhooeck and the West of Worcum lieth Southward and then Coldum sheweth it selfe on the South end of Hinlopen which is the marke for the Buye of West Worcum From thence vnto the Buye that leadeth to Bocht South south east where Pandagra appeareth standynge at the Southside of Volwerd in a valley when you shall perceaue Pandagra neare the houses kéepe the right forme of the Tower in your sight vntill you come to the Buye that lieth vpon the flat of Freislande there is déepe water that reache stretcheth South Southwest From thence to Creile South and by West the markes wherof are when Mirnys toucheth the South partes of the Cliffe and the Corne milles appeare on the Westside of Medenblicke The way from Creyl to Crepelsand is South south east and South east and by East the markes of the Buye of Creplesand are Enchuisen standing by Venhuysen and Broocke nigh vnto Hem From hence you may sayle vnto the first Buye in Hillegat South south east and South and by East and then vp towardes the Beacon South and by East but from the innermost Buye vnto the Road of Enchuisen South and by West Moreouer sayling from Enchuisen to Texel he must as the winde and tide suffer beginne his course from the Buye that is Northward in the goyng forth commonly called Noordergat North north west or North and by West vntill Brooke may be kenned neare Hem where he shall finde the Buye of Creplesand From thence he shall go to the Wicker marke or Beacon of the sayd Creplesand Northwest and when Lytebrooke is séen neare Hem he shall finde out this marke From whence he may sayle vnto the South Buye vpon the Flats of Wiring North west and by West hauing regarde to the winde and tide This Buye is knowne when the Twisch by Almerdorpe and Brooke do shew betwéen two Heyrickes and the Westerne tower of Wiringe perceaued neare vnto the houses Then he may passe towardes the middle Buye Northwest and by North vntill he finde that the Winde mill of Wyringe standeth at the South-ende of the houses that are out of the towne From the middle Buye vnto the Northern wee sayle North northwest the markes are when the two piked Stéeples are one and on the East side of the Buye there is a déepe Poole fit for great Shippes from thence he may sayle to Vlieter North northwest and North and by west kéepyng Medenbliche and the Buye in one so longe as he can sée them and kéepe still his course North and by West vntill he come to Nesse where he shall finde a Buye on the Eastside and there ouer agaynst standeth a marke made of Wicker or Basket worke vpon the Nesse the tokens whereof are when the Mill vppon the shoare is opposite to the vally which is vpon the West side of the shoare and the tower standyng towardes the west ioyneth to the West parte of the houses From thence to Vogelsand West north west sometimes windyng about But when he commeth neare Vogelsand let him take héede that Horn tower in Texel may be séene neare the houses which stande vnder Geest and kéepe them so in sight vntill he come to the Marchants Roade there may he Anker before Geest in Texel where he shall thinke best But if he will fourth into the Ocean his course is to the New Deepe and shunne the Shoaldes of Geest two Gables length from the shoare side of Huisdune vntill he come to the shoalde called Dry Hake and kéepe the shoare markes which stande vppon Huisdune fiue foote one from the other Then must he holde on his course to the Sea by the entrie or channell of Marsdiep commonly called Spaignarsgat for Keysars plat hath two Fadam water at halfe floud so that the sayd shoare markes may be almost ioyned together And if comming from the Sea he would beare in with the entrie of Marsdiep called Spaignarsgat he must set Wammes or S. Iohns tower on the Northside of the high Downe of Texel and the Landmarkes vppon Huisdune the distance of 5. foote from eache other which beyng so set and kept he may enter the chanell But if he will enter the mouthe of Maersdeep called Dorley let him kéepe the Landmarke and the Spere stéeple of Texell a Sayle breadth a sunder and let him holde on his course vntill the Landmarkes of Huisdune appeare fiue foote eache from the other saylyng East and by south towardes Huisdune If he will go in at the entrie called Ebbegat let him kéepe likewise the foresayd markes of Dorley fiue foote a sunder But if you will sayle in at Lantdiep called Swidergat set the Churche of Geest euen with the shoare of Huisdune and so enter Afterwardes let him kéepe along the shoare of Huisdune about the length of two Cables of vntill he haue passed the New Deepe then let him conde the ship Northeast vntil he come to the Roade where great shippes and Huyes lie neare to Geest in Texell where he may cast Anker in 10. or 12. fatham It would be too tedious to set downe all the Trades and Traffique of all the cities and Townes vpon this South sea notwithstandyng I will touche it in few wordes There is Amsterdam that most renowmed Marte towne which in all Europe hath not her péere for varietie and plentie of all Trades especially of
here and there with some houses To get the Channell or passage betweene the foresaid rockes and bayes you must saile 2. Cables length from the said rockes almost South Southeast keeping S. Matthewes Abbey in the valley Eastward from Conquet point then beare inwardes vntill you come to Blanc-hauen or Conquet point hale then to the outwardes vntill S. Mathewes Abbey be open vnto you without Conquet point sailing alongest a Cables length off for so shall you not strike vpon the Bell which lieth off Conquet point almost three cables length But keepe Flemynes bay full west of the white Friers called the Blancs Moines But when you may plainely discerne Conquet you are thwart the rockes called Les Fenestriers which lie vnder water at the east side of Conquet hauen But if being at Sea you must turne in bring S. Mathewes Abbey right without Conquet point and saile againe about the rockes called the Hagles which lie almost a third part of the bredth of the waye from Vshant There is a harborough betwixt Fenestriers and the Blancs Moines vnder S. Matthewes point in 6. or 7. fatham And if you wil put ouer from S. Matthewes point to the Race of Fonteneau you must conde the ship from Blancs Moines south and by east vntil you come to the Emperours and Emperes rocks called the Keiser and Keiserine But as you must not presse to neere Keiser least you strike vpon the rockes which lie vnder water so great heede is to be taken that you be not caried away with the tide or currente which commonly setteth in towardes the Keiserine vpon the shoald called the Calfe which stretcheth downe from Keiserine like a tongue and it is alwaies there as a whirlepoole and verie tempestuous The Race of Fonteneau lieth out into the Sea South Southwest But Bresont stretcheth into the sea west and by South foure dutch leagues from S. Matthewes The marke to crosse the Race from S. Mathewes to the Keyser is the mill of Fenestriers standing directly westward off S. Matthewes Abbey But if you will saile to Croixduyns from S. Matthewes poynt hold on east and by south so that you keepe still the Southermost part of the rockes called the Cheminees without Blancs Moines vntill you get the bay of Crodune and the chappell appeare on the grauelly shoare towards which chappell you may safely beare and there anker in 9 or 10. fatham Ouer against Crodun by the north shoare lieth Bertrandes-bay being a very good harborough for a north and northwest winde But he which will goe vp to Breste or Landerneau must get good Pilots for it is all sounding water The Collignier beareth South Southeast about a league a halfe from S. Matthewes poynt The Faukenes lie off from the west poynt of Crodun about the fourth part of a league west southwest The southermost Faukenes standeth from the northermost about halfe a league South South-east and is vnder-water at a high spring-tide A cables length off north north-east lieth a blinde rocke which at lowest ebbe is euen with the water This South Faukenes beareth north-east and by north from Crodun There is also another hidden rocke west-ward from the north-east Faukenes which appeareth at lowest water The rocke called the Hen lieth distant from Faukenes west South-west two Cables length There is another called the Chicken almost north-west and by west from the Hen being two sharpe rockes which at a great ebbe are either euen or little aboue the water There lieth also a rocke east and by south from S. Matthewes poynt lyeng in the middest of Bertrandes-bay by the North-side of the water of Brest And these are his markes viz. when the southermost of the rocks called Cheminees are one with S. Matthewes poynt then you strike vpon this rocke but if it appeare a little without then you goe cleare VVest Penmarques is a bard hauen which is to be entered on the East-side along the shoare and leaue the great rocke on the starre-boord side which being once past you may anker at three fatham water for as you come in without the rocke you haue 8. or 9. fatham you may also sayle within the East Penmarques for the maine is sandy strande where you may anker in 10. or 12. fatham very safely neere vnto the Isle of Morton for there is faire ground THE SEA Carde ofs Britayne Conteining the Coastes Bays Iles and hauens that lye betweene Rouscou and Groye verie dilligently corrected Aº 1588 AN EXACT DESCRIPTION OF THE SOVTH COASTES OF BRITANY BETWEENE BLAVET AND Picquelier wherein is also contayned Belisle and Groy TO sayle into Blauet when you haue the East poynt of the Island called Groy South and by west then are you come to the entry thereof which stretcheth inwardes north northeast where is a very safe harborough for any winde or wether at 6. or 7. fatham water In the entry you haue 4. fatham water but there lie some shoalds which you must shunne On the west-side of the entrie standeth a great sharpe steeple There is also vnder Groy good ground for ankering 7. or 8. fatham deepe and safe harborough for a south-west winde But beware of the south-east shoare for it is rockie ground But if you will harbour vnder Belisle you may goe in on both sides all at large where you may let fall your anker at 10. or 12. fatham water by S. Paules spire steeple But at a Northeast or north north-west winde you must way and plie vp to the East side of the Island where before S. Helen you haue safe road at 10. fatham But if the winde come aboue at south or south south-east returne then before the foresayd steeple of S. Paule There lie 3. Islands about a league and halfe from Belisle the middest whereof hath safe harborough you may sayle betwixt them from Island to Island in some places finde good riding About two leagues thence lieth the maine land where are 2. great bayes or riuers from whence you may betwixt the maine and the foresaid Islandes within Belisle sayle to Croyswicke or Croisill and the riuer of Nantes called the Loyre Croyswicke lyeth from Belisle about 8. dutch leagues East and by North and East North-east And from Croyswicke to the riuer of Loyre it is about 3. leagues He which will goe vp that riuer let him runne along the shoare of Croyswicke 3. cables length off to the pierced rock which he may look thorough like a great gate From thence let him keepe still two cables length off the northerne shore streight to the point whereon standeth a sharpe steeple vntill he be within the rockes called Les Pourceaux which lye in the middest of the riuer betwixt the pierced rocke and the steeple But when he is past S. Nazarethes steeple he may anker in the channell at 10. or 12. fatham where he must take in a Pilotte to lead him vp the Loyre vnto Nantes by the helpe of the plummet There lie Banckes to the Sea-ward a league and
inwardes South and by East after you are in you may turne vp Eastward where you haue 4. or 6. fatham water on the South-side of the hauen lieth an Island where standeth a light tower which you must set South and by East from you as you sayle in where it is 3. fatham deepe Machichaco a good hauen lyeth fiue leagues from Bilbao west south west and Southwest by west which from the west side stretcheth inwards Southest and by East in 8. or 9 fatham In the middest of the entry you shall finde a rocke which you must leaue on the Larbord side you may also sayle in at the East side of the rocke but there you haue but 3. fatham From the entrie the hauen is wide and broad and you may anker in any place of the channell at 8. or 9. fatham Castro beareth three leagues westward from Machichaco stretcheth inward westerly In the midst of the entry standeth a rock almost south-west which you may sayle round about in 6. or 7. fatham The streightnesse beareth vp Southerly you may turne in towardes the East and cast anker in the channell at 10. or 12. fatham These portes yeeld Rosin Chessenuttes Iron wooll Orenges Filbberdnuttes and steele which are their trades A CARDE OF THE SEA COASTES of Acason Biscay with their hauens and opening of their landes hills and Mountaynes * A TRVE DESCRIPTION OF THE SEA COASTES BETWEENE Laredo and Sentillana LAredo beareth westward from Castro fiue Dutche leagues To enter the bay set S. Anthonies hill South East from you and hale along S. Anthonies shore vntill you are cleare of the East poynt of the land Then turne vp Eastward vntill you come to Laredo where you may lay out anker in 6. or 7. fatham But if you will beare into the hauen within the two walles you must doe it at highe water for it is a port for barkes and vessels of small burden There lieth a shoald amiddest the entrie of the hauen wheare it is alwayes very troublesome and may be sayld about S. Ander lieth foure Dutch leagues from S. Anthonies mount hale along the west shoare vntill you come to the great rocke whereon standeth a little house on eyther side whereof you may saile in S. Anders hauen stretcheth in from the entrance Northwest and hath 6. or 7. fatham water Foure Dutch leagues from S. Ander lieth S. Martyns It is very narrow as you come in and a bard hauen and parteth it selfe inwardes into two litle streames Fiue dutch leagues by west of S. Martyns standeth S. Vincents whose hauen also is bard and hath a Rocke standinge westward of the entree and a little fillet or riffe of sand from the East poyncte you must sayle in betweene this sande and the rocke where it is narrow but within it is a round hauen mayntained by a little riuer Three Dutch leagues westward lyeth Lhanes likewise a bard hauen on the East side of which lyeth a banke sayle in on the west side of it there is likewise a little riuer In these countries is great store of wooll Iron Chesse-nuttes Orenges Steele and Rosin of all which thinges there is great traffique THE SEA COASTES of Byscuy betweene Laredo and 〈◊〉 euen as they shew when you pass before them A TRVE DESCRIPTION OF THE SEA COASTES BETWEENE Rio de Sella and Auiles SIx Dutch leagues Westward of L'hanes lieth Rio de Sella If you will enter the hauen marke the maste which standeth vpon the Easterne shoare neere which you must enter because the west side is rockie and daungerous inwardes And being past the mast anker before the towne it is a bard hauen Villa viciosa beareth 10. Dutch leagues westward of Rio de Sella you must come in by the westerne shoare because the Easterne is slat and perillous Right within the mouthe of the hauen you shall finde a little shoald which appeareth at a lowe ebbe this is likewise a bard hauen The towne standeth on the west side whither you may sayle anker in the largest place Six leagues from Villa viciosa westward lieth Sanpsons cape and on the East side therof standeth a little Island with a small tower betweene these two is goodharborough and faire ground to anker in at 6. or 7. fatham on the westside of Sanpson euen right before the litle porte is likewise good riding in 6. or 7. fatham VVestward of Sanpson lieth Gyon hauing a peere of stone vnder which Th' inhabitantes doe lay their fisher boates A good Dutch mile from thence westward is the bay of Tores where is safe harbarough and 8. or 9. fatham water On the cape standeth an high tower Two leagues farther westward lyeth Cape de Pennas from whence a rewe of rockes stretcheth out into the sea Two leagues from thence standeth Auiles the best porte of all these coastes On the Eastside therof is a chapple neare vnto the point you must passe vntill you are within two rockes where it is wide and broad By the west poynt there runneth vp a little sandy riffe along the shoare reaching inwardes by the hauen towardes the towne where it is very shoaldie on both sides and on the westside of the hauen lie two great rocks right against the little Church that standeth by the sandy bay There is in these coastes farre greater plentie and store of fruits wines and other good marchandises than is in Biscay The Mappe of the Sea Coastes of Biscay betweene Rio de Sella Auiles verie naughty hauens for great shippes Iodocus Hondiusfe A DESCRIPTION OF THE SEA COASTES OF RIBA DEOS BIVIERO AND LVARCA FRom Auiles vnto Luarca are six dutch leagues South-west and by west it is an hauen for small ships and stretcheth Southeast inwards the Eastside is dangerous but the west is good and faire Riba Deos beareth Southwest and by west from Luarca and is a good hauen for all ships westward of it standeth a sharpe steeple and a little from thence into the sea lieth a hidden rocke when you enter the mouth of the hauen two other Towers come in sight at the west side of the hauen the one on high the other below nigh the shoare Then conde thorow the very middest of the channell vntill you come against the second or farthest tower within the hauen where you may anker on both sides at your pleasure But the west side is deeper contayning 4. 5. or 6. fatham euen vp to Riba Deos which standeth vpon a great bay The Cape of Brilo is six leagues Northwest from Riba Deos. westward from this cape standeth S. Ciprian ouer agaynst which lie two great round rockes A league thence westward standeth an Island thwart the mouth of the hauen of Biuiero which you may sayle about on both sides yet best roming in is on the west side where being cleere of the poynt you may anker at 6. or 7. fatham Two leagues to the west of S. Ciprian is S. Marks roade which is a faire bay Two leagues from thence is a
Red poynt lieth a great white rocke when you haue brought this rocke right ouer the Black poynt you are harde abourde the Blinde rocke that lieth thwart the Channell of Dartmouth yet neerer to the East-ward But when you come to discerne the Kay of the towne that standeth on the East-side of the Hauen keepe amidst the channell vntill you may perfectly see the same then hale inwardes vntill you are within the two Castles standyng on the hauens side and you shall go cleere of the Rocke The hauen is wide within you may turne westward and let fal anker before the towne or the Brew-houses where you list Three leagues East-ward from thence is the road of Torbay which is very salfe for a South-west winde you may likewise anker on the East-side of the start where is good anker holde in 8. or 9. fathā Foure leagues to the Northward of Torbay lyeth the bay of Tynmouth a salfe harborough for a South winde where is also good ground for ankering in 7. or 8. fatham If you come out of the west into Portland road holde on two cables length off alongst Porteland shoare and hauing past the poynt turne westwardes till you come to the castell where is good road against a South and South and by East winde at 7. or 8. fatham Northwarde of Portland lieth a litle bard hauen called VVeymouth where you may anker at 4. or 5. fatham If you will ride vnder S. Aldomes Land shun the Needles of Shipmans poole and so saile into the town which at a low water you haue ankeryng at 3. fatham These Portes yeeld almost nothing els but wooll and clothe the inhabitantes doe liue chiefly vpon grazyng A DESCRIPTION OF THE Sea coastes of England Betweene Plymmouth Portland with the cheefest hauens thereof according vnto theire Situation A PERFECT DESCRIPTION OF THE SEA COASTES BETVVEENE THE Isle of Wight and Douer TO goe in at the west end of Wight you must looke well to the tide for the flood sets very sore vpon the Needles and the ebbe likewise westwarde vpon the Shingels and Chalkie Rockes which lie westwardes of the Needles and it is very narrow between the Needles and the Shingels wherfore saile directly with the Needles very neere them and keepe the inner poynt of the Isle right without the Needles And when you are so come within the Needles beare somewhat off the Island between the Chesell the Isles poynte because of the Rockes called the VVardens which lie on VVight-side neare the shore then turninge Eastward ouer against Calshorte you must cast anker in 7. or 8. fatham But if you will enter at the East ende of VVight keepe the Castle right against the Lime-kil that lies aboue Portesmouth vntil that Culuer cliffe come within the point of the I le for then shall you haue brought the Lyme-kill to the east end of Portesmouth which you must so holde vntill the Castle which standeth to the westward of Portesmouth doo appeare on the East side of the wood and then plie sometimes towards Sainct Helens Abbey keepyng your markes in this sorte you shall take no hurt on the Shoaldes or Sandes But if you cannot see the Limekill then shall you keepe the Castle on the west-side of Culuer cliffe vntill you haue brought S. Helens church with out the poynt of the Island a shippes length Then may you freely sayle Northwest vp without any daunger of the Riffe or tayle-sand that lieth out Then keepe the square Towre between the East ende of Portesmouth and the Castle vntill you may see the Castle which standeth on the west-side of Portesmouth Eastward of the wood and so may you goe inwardes The marks of these Shoalds and Flats are these viz. The Castle standinge Eastwards of Portesmouth and the square towre wherof I haue now treated VVhen you haue brought the Lymekill so much to the Eastward of the Castle that you may but see betwixt thē then are you vpon a litle shoald which at low water hath 5. fatham and a halfe and then haue you the Castle that standeth on the west ende of Portesmouth at the west corner of the wood But when the square towre that standeth by East of Portesmouth is brought westward of the Castle then the Castle by west of Portesmouth standeth at the woods west ende You haue there at high water 6. fatham And when the square towre is seen betwen the East end of Portsmouth and the Castle and the Castle standeth right betwixt the Limekill and the towre likewise when the Castle on the west end of Portesmouth standeth to the Eastwarde of the wood then haue you 11. fatham at high water But when the Limekill and Portesmouth towre are one the castle beareth westward of the wood then haue you 10. fatham at high water and lastly when S. Helen lieth south west and by west from you then the South east ende of the shoald beareth North east and by north from you Three leagues Eastward of VVeenbridge lieth Arundel which is a bard hauen at half flood .2 fatham deepe you must go in by the west coast and let fall your anker before the towne in .5 fatham Foure leagues from Arundell standeth Nevv Shoram The East side therof hath a grauelly Chesell where alongest you may sayle in and in the entrie you haue .3 fathā water at half flood in the midst before the hauen lie rockes vnder water The entrie on the west side is wide and broad and is at halfe flood 2. fatham deepe the hauen is large and broade within where you may anker in 4. or 5. fatham If you will sayle into the Cammer of Rye shape your course alongst the Shingels and when you shal be a Cables length of the poynt of the Shingels turne vp towards the Castle of VVinchelzey leauing all the shore or shoald markes on your starbord then let fall your Anker in the Riuer of Rie called the Rother at 4. or 5. fatham for the Cammer where in times past we were wonte to lie is now fowle full of shoaldes These countries yeeld litle else but wooll Clothe and Fier-wood which are transported from thence THE SEA COASTES OF ENGLAND betweene the I le of Wight Douer with the principal hauens thereof according to their situation and Appearing * HONI SOIT QVI MAL Y PENSE THE SECOND PART OF THE MARINERS MIRROVR conteining in diuers perfect plots sea charts boeth the Northern and Eastern NAVIGATION VIZ. From the Streights between Douer and Callis the coastes of England Scotland Norway Emdenyutland A with all the sounds of Denmark the Baltick sea unto Wiburgh and the Name With their particular descriptions trafiks and commodities A PERFECT DESCRIPTION AND POVRTRAICT OF THE CHIEFEST PART OF England viz. of Thames the riuer of London and of all the sandes bankes flattes and shoaldes vnto Harwich IF you come from the West and will passe within the Goodwin to the foreland first shape your course North north-east
At the west side of this shoald is the channell of VVelles which hath also Buyes in the entry Burnam standeth 4. leagues westward of vvelles where is shallaw water and the flats stretch farre into the sea Burnam channell lieth inwardes by the shoare and hath on the Larbord side as you enter certeine Beacons To the westward lieth an other roade or channell of 3. fatham depth called burneham pits about 3. leagues thence to seawardes you haue but 2. fatham water If you will set towardes Linne goe hard vnder S. Edmunds Chapell leauing the shoalde called the Suncke which lyeth aboue water a seabord of you then holde on your course South and by west to the first Buy that lieth in the entrie of Linne The commodities and traffique that these coastes yeeld is wooll Cloth and in some places wheate Barley Malte Beere Herringes and Sprattes In exchaunge whereof much Salt Fish and Linnen Clothe is brought thither and vented especially at Linne The Sea Coastes of Swedeland about the coastes of Westerwijck and the entraūce of Stockholm Beginning from Kalmar vnto the Wigstone and the Redde Kewe the which lye wtin the sayde entraunce of Stockholme All truelie done inuented by Lucas Janss Wagenaer AN EXACT DESCRIPTION OF THE COASTES AND CHANNELS OF Linne Hull Filey Scarborough with the shoalds and banckes adioyning IF you will saile from Welles to the hauen of Lynne keepe the high flat tower betweene the two other high towers then are you in the right way to Lynne VVhen S. Edmunds Chapell beareth East from you and the trees that stand vppon the innermost point doe come on the west ende of the Chapell then shape your course in Southeast and Southeast and by South towardes the first buy for now are you entered the Easterne channell of Lynne from thence hold South south-west and South and by west to the first Beacon from thence to the second South Southwest and so forth vnto the third Southwest and by South Then your course lieth by two buyes Southwest and Southwest and by South till you be within the point of the Land from whence you may conde betweene the shoaldes to the west entrie or channell and out againe by the Buyes and eye markes This channell lyeth to the seawardes Northeast and Northeast and by East But if you will enter Bostons channell set towardes the coast of Skegnesse beare in hard abord the shore and you shal be cleare of the shoald called the Drosing or Ellen-knocke when you haue brought the three trees Southward of Somcall or of the sharpe steeple then Ellen-knocke standeth so seawardes from you And then may you beare vp alongest the coast of Leake in 3. fatham water into the riuer of Bostone But you may returne backe agayne to sea betweene Ellen-knock and long sand in 3. fatham water East North-East And if you will enter the channell of Humber hale in alongest the Northerne poynt of Sprunhead because the Southside is flat and full of shoaldes but beeing entred a little way borrow of the other side of the riuer towardes Grymsbie within the shoald where you may ride in 6. or 7. fatham But if you will goe farther in vp to Hull keepe on west northwest alongst by the Southside to the furthermost ende of the shoalde then turne Northward into the riuer where after you are entered you must hold west Southwest and west and by South Bridlingstone is scituate in a bay where is safe harborough for a North and a Northwest winde Three leagues to the Northward of Flamburgh lieth the bay of Filey where you may safely anker for a North Northeast winde betweene the Peere and Filey bridge which is a rocke that lyeth vnder water at a spring tide Scarbrough beareth two leagues northward of Filay and hath two peeres wherein you may cast anker and lie on the sand at low water The traffique of these partes is Barly Malte wheate and course Cloathes A DESCRIPTION OF THE SEA COASTES of England Betweene Burnam Scarborough as that land and coast lyeth appeareth A PERFECT DESCRIPTION OF THE NORTHERMOST COASTES OF ENGLAND WHERE THE RIuer of Newcastle is the chiefest hauen FRom Scarborough to Whitby you haue 4. leagues North west and by west the Hauen or Riuer is barde Southwardes of the Hauen stretcheth out a Shoalde half a league into the Sea If you will sayle to VVhitby beare in between two beakons till you come between two landes where you shall finde it somewhat shallow Hertlepole lieth from VVhitby 7. leagues westwarde thereof is a great Bay or Riuer called the Teis It is a very fayre Hauen and stretcheth inwardes to the west southwest In the very middest of it you haue 30. fatham water but farther inwardes before Sockton not aboue 4. fatham The Cape or point of Sonderland lieth seuen leagues northward from Hartlepole Two leagues from thence more Northward is the castle of Tinmouth on the Southside of it is the mouth of the Riuer of Nevvcastell The markes to enter are when two watche Towers and the wood are brought in one by these marks you may saile in and out vntill you come before the Towne where you haue 3. fatham and a halfe But in the entrie only 2. fatham at halfe flood Cocket Islande is 7. leagues from Tinmouth North North west which you may sayle rounde aboute and may cast Anker salfely at 4. or 5. fatham In these Coastes and specially at Nevvcastle is merueilous great traffique for sea Coles which are transported thence to other Countries It doth yeald also Barley wheate Malte and course Clothes THE CARDE OF the North coaste of England from Whitbye vnto Coket I le A TRVE DESCRIPTION OF THE SEA COASTES BETWEENE Bambourgh and Aberdyne HOlley Islande beareth 4. leagues North North west from Coket Isle and hath in the South-side therof a Bay wherin is salfe roade at 3. or 4. fatham but best riding is before the castle Betweene the west poynt of the Staples and Holy Islande are 2. Rockes one opposite to another called the Plough and the Goldstone Bring Dunstabourgh one with Bambourgh and so saile out betwixt them Barvvick lieth from thence fiue leagues west northwest if you will enter the hauen set the two Beacons on your starboord and so holde on to the citie from thence fiue leagues North northwest lieth S. Tabbes head The Isle of Basse is foure leagues distant from S. Tabbes head west northwest whither from the farthermost poynt of the Staples you haue 6. leagues Northwest From S. Tabbes head to May Island foure leagues northwest and north west and by north From May to Fisnes one league Northeast and by east Basse beareth South west south west and by south from May two great leagues and but one from the westerne shore Brant Island standeth to the westward and west by northward of Bass three leagues by the south side of which you may sayle Three leagues westward of Brant Isle lieth Edenbrough the chiefest mart of all
Scotland S. Andrevvs Bay beareth northward of Fisnes where is salfe harborough for a western wind from S. Andrevvs three leagues northward lieth the riuer of Donde which stretcheth directly in from the sea may anker before the citie of Donde A litle farther in standeth a towne called S. Iohns there lieth also a rocke called the Scaepe before the riuers mouth about halfe a league off the shore South eastward from Donde Two leagues to the North Eastward of Donde standeth a high tower vpon the point called Albror from whence lieth the hauen of Manros two leagues to the northward where on both sides is cleare ground and you may safely enter amidst the channell and turning vp northward may anker before the citie from Manros you haue three leagues Northeast-ward to the cape or poynt called Seynhooft whereon standeth a castell And two leagues Northward from thence lieth the porte of Aberdyne the west side is foule but Eastward it is good and faire enter therefore hard a bord the East shoare till you come into the hauen in the entrie there is 3. fatham water and you may anker before the citie in 4. or 5. fatham From these coastes are transported course scottish clothes frises sea coles and some barley and malt which are the commodities of those portes A DESCRIPTION OF THE coastes betweene Bamburgh Aberdeine wherof Edenburgh is the chiefest martrowne A PERFECT DESCRIPTION OF THE SOVTHERMOST PART OF Norway and of the coasts adioyning IF you will saile into the Naze of Norway enter Westward thereof North northwest leauing the rock called the Bishop boden on your Larbord which lieth in the midst of the Channell Beyng cleare of the same you must carefully as you go inwards beware of another Rocke that lieth vnder water but within it you shall cast anker right agaynst a white Church If you will enter on the west side of Maensounde sayle in North north east but shun the Rockes which lie vnder water on the starborde about the innermost Isle And beyng cleare of them anker in .9 or .10 fatham But if you will enter the Clooffe keepe the Cow and Calfe North north east from you and sayle in westward of Melou but shunne the rocke which lieth in the fayre mid-way And let fall Anker in 15. or 16. fatham by the west shore within the poynte and on the East side of Melou you may goe to Schaersounde and Oedendale If you will beare in with the western hauen of Vlecker or Flecorie Conde a longest the out Schaers of Heiligen sounde and when the Bay of Vlecker openeth before you North north east then hold in between the Island and the maine anker in 15. or 16. fatham agaynst the Rocke whereon standeth a payre of Gallowes The Eastern entrie stretcheth inwardes west northwest and you may see the Bay called the Vos open before you Set al the black rocks on the starrebord and the rock with the two high stonie beacons which are called warders on the Larbord-side and so saile inwards But if you will set towardes Repervvicke keepe the two sharpe rockes standing vppon VVolfsound on the starbord and the three warders with all the rocks on the Larbord and continue your course so in Northward but being cleare of the poynt turne vp westward where you may anker in 10. fatham The Easterne entrie of VVolfsounde stretcheth inwardes Northwest you must leaue the great rocke to the westward whereon standeth an high warder In the Isle of vvolfsounde are three warders turne in westward where you may anker in 25. fatham you may also passe betwixt the rockes to Old Hill sounde which lieth inwards west Northwest Amersounde lieth North north-east in and you may anker behinde the Island neare vnto the high warder 30. fatham depth The Easterne gate or entrie of Amersounde lieth northwest and southeast westward thereof standeth a rocke with a high warder on it The Isle of Hesnes hath two warders vpon it It is there very deepe but towardes the litle church is not so deepe viz. 30. fatham You may sayle within the rocks to Mardou And when the little hills or Holmen are northwest thē you are before Mardou The Isle of Mardou hath two high warders vpon it holde on betweene the Nie-Holmen and the Island where lieth also a suncken rocke neere vnto the sayd Isle And being past the poynt edge North northwest into the great bay and anker therein 30. fatham You haue in the Easterne entrie of Mardou but 3. fatham water and it lieth outwards and inwardes East northeast and west Southwest Being within the Island you may cast anker in 12. or 13. fatham From all these hauens are transported great store of Oken beames rafters railes and all kinde of Oken woode and timber and some sawed bordes and planckes which in the lowe countreyes are much imployed in buildinges The Sea Coastes of Norway as they doo appeare 〈◊〉 to their Situation betweene Der Noess Mardon A PLAINE DESCRIPTION OF THE NORTHERNE PARTES OF THE EASTERNE SEA COASTS OF NORway and the countries adioyning IF you wil enter Tromsounde you may saile in beyond Mardou through the faire channell on the Northside stande two warders vpon a high hill where you may let fall anker or sayle on farther to Mardou behind Trom Island If you will beare in with Oxefoort keepe alongst vnder the rocke of Tromsounde and goe first Northwardes and hauing brought the long rocke on the Larbord hold on still Northward when you are a little way entred you shall finde a rocke vnder water in the very entry which you must bring on your starbord then continue your course vntill you are cleare of the westerne poynt where also lyeth a rocke vnder water neare the poynt And from thence sayle to the west and west and by North towards the high land to the Easterne shoare where standeth an high warder where you may anker in 20. or 25. fatham Betweene Oxefoorte and Santfort lieth Longen on the Easterne side standeth a mast with a tonne on it hence off two leagues is Santforde thwart which alongest in the sea lieth a banke which in some places hath but 3. or 4. fatham water and endeth about VVest Kiell VVest Kiell lieth in Northward and you may enter hard by the out rockes of Iofferlande and may sayle about the sayd Island or anker behinde it in 15. or 20. fatham Longsande beareth from that Island a great league North northeast Kinges hauen stretcheth inwardes North northwest where is 30. fatham sounding hale inwardes alongest the ragged poynt from whence the rocke called the Baers lieth not farre but if you would goe to the Nesse being cleare of the great rocke whereon standeth an high warder on your starbord you may sayle betweene the old Longsande and the sayd rocke through into the Nesse passing by the ragged Isle and anker there in 20. or 30. fatham From Longsande set East northeast to Farder betweene which lyeth Larvvicke Stavvangen and Tonsbargen But Bast beareth Northward
beare in 2. fatham you may also goe in there by your plumet and cast anker when you are past the poynt For all the whole channell is crooked sounding ground therefore assoone as you are within the poynt cast anker You may likewise take your course towardes Fanu in 3. fatham and so enter alongst the South coast There lyeth inward a riuer or creeke vp into the land wherevpon standeth a litle Tower called VVoer or VVoerd and on the Westside of this Riuer Boyers are laden assoone as you are within Graew diep there lieth a long sandy hill called Langleg hale in alongest that sand and leaue it on your Larbord Knutse diep lieth from Graews diep two great leagues where two land markes stand vpon a drie shoald which you must set almost East Southeast and East and by South and when they are one you shall find the first Buy from whence hold on to the second East Southeast vntill you are past the land markes Then haue you also on the Larbord side a little shoald when you are past the same turne vp Northwarde toward the beacons and cast anker in 3. 4. or 5. fatham There lie the ships that are bound outward from Rypen On the South end of Fanu are two indifferent high white Downes and are called the Southerne head On the North side standeth a broad Tower whereby the coast is very easily knowne About a great league Southward of Fanu lieth a litle rounde Island called Manu from whence stretcheth a flatt about a league and a halfe into the seaward As much Southward from thence beareth the Isle of Ryme which is two leagues long from thence two leagues into the sea is shallow water The Diep of Rypen goeth in betweene Ryme and Manu which is nought and all flatte and now a dayes not vsed by such as trauell to Rypen Silt is distant from Rym a league betweene these Islands goeth in the best Diep or channell of all Iutland for when the water is lowest it is 5. or 6. fatham deepe and stretcheth inwardes most East Southeast and East and by South On the Northpart of Sylt is an high redde cliff wheron standeth a church built minster like and a mill But within Silt you may peceiue a litle Island wheron standeth a house and when you haue brought that house about a cables length Northward of the Northcoast of Sylt and the blacke inland beginneth to couer the red cliff and to take it from your sight then are you come to the entrance and then sayle in East Southeast vntill you are within the Rust which is left on the starbord side And being past it you haue yet two other small shoaldes by the poynt of Sylt from whence runneth downe a violent and mightie streame towardes the North coast In the channell it is 10. 11. and 12. fatham deepe Then turne vp towardes the house almost Southeast and you shall perceiue in Sylt a house which is the Admiralles whether you must direct your course and cast anker for there is safe riding in all weathers But if you are bound vp to Lutk Tonderen you must there take in a Pilott which must sounde the channell Your course from hence to Tonderen lieth East southeast and East and by South you may also go in by the shoald of the Isle of Ryme sounding as you passe in 3. or 4. fatham There is also a little entrie hard by Sylt which you may passe into vnder the same Island But when you are cleere of the Rust turne towardes Rym and saile then vpon the markes Your course lieth from the Vlie to Numit North Northeast more Easterly 40. leagues From the Vlie to Scelenckrooge you haue xxxiiii leagues Northeast and by North from the Vlie to Knuyts diep your course is Northeast and moste Northerly 32. leagues and this is your way to Ripen From the Vlie to Sylt your course lieth Northeast 30. leagues out of this part of Iutland commeth a great number of Beefes Barley Mault Fatt Suet Tallow and such lyke THE Situation of 〈◊〉 with the â—auens Riuers shoalds and 〈…〉 from Boeuenberger vnto the I le of Silt ¶ An exacte and most dilligent description of Eyderste Ditmers and of the Sea coastes adioyning with their true site and distances TO saile from holy land to Liste or Silt Deepe your course is North and North and by West vntil you are past the shoald called Amerenborne which lieth out in vii or viii fatham depth almost west south west of the Isle of Ameren From whence set North north East vi or vii leagues towarde the North side of Sylt or Lyst how this Channell is to be entred the former Charte doth sufficiently instruct you There is also a little deepe neere the South shoare of Sylt fit for small vessels and fisher boates which at halfe floode hath about two fatham water On the South side of this entrie lieth a shoald alongst the Isle of Ameren and from thence stretcheth downe almost 11. leagues and a halfe into the sea where you haue iiii or v. fatham By night you can come no néerer this shoald then in 7. fatham water for about halfe a league from the Island it lieth aboue water And you may anker vnder the same in x. or xi fatham then may you sée Ameren almost halfe a league from you East and East and by North. But when it shall be north East from you or north East and by East you are on the South side of the shoald and may borrowe of the shoare in foure or fiue fatham Then saile in betwéene Ameren and the saide shoald North and north and by East towards the North Coast of the Island But about Ameren you must goe with your lead vntill you haue brought it Southward of you where you shall anker betweene the shoaldes of Sylt and Ameren which are both drie at low water There is safe riding in fyue or syxe fatham at halfe floode for any wind And if it happen that you are put to anker vnder the same with a ship that draweth much water bring the north part of Ameren North and by East from you and hold on to the North Coast of Ameren vntill you are cléere of the shoald where you may anker in what place you list because it is there déepe enough This entrie is called the Red déepe If comming from the sea you will saile in here set the highest Downe of Ameren south East Saile in betwéene the shoald and the bankes of the narrow déepe called Small Deepe vntill you are come néere the Coast of Ameren And borrowe alongst of the shoare in vi or vii fatham vntill you are past the north point of the Island and set the Island South from you But this entry is not for ships of burden The Fishermen of Voren do vse this place bothe for their going in and out on the South side of Sylt And if you will beare in with Small Deepe bring the Tower of Pielwormen East and by North