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SAILING DIRECTIONS FOR . CONTAINING a IBjsmpttira of tfjj ffoact? antr FROM IBAEA'JHAM TO CAPS ST. KAltT. Bv J. W. NOME, Hydrographer. AUI1I0R OF A NEW AND COMPLETE EFITOME OF FRACT1CAL NAVIGATION, SET OF CEI.F3TIAL MAPS, &C. LONDON : rlcINTED AND PUBLISHED BY CHARLES WILSON, (late J. W. JYorie and Wilson,) AT THE NAVIGATION WAREHOUSE AND NAVAL ACADBMT, 157, Leadenhall Street, near the Royal Exchange. Where may be had, Chr ■:» and Maps for all Parli of the Work', with Naatical Instruments in general. failing Mixtttiom FOR THE COAST OF BRAZIL, AND THE RIO DE LA PLATA, CONTAINING A DESCRIPTION OF THE COASTS AND HARBOURS FROM MARANHAM TO BUENOS AYRES. IN TWO PARTS. CAREFULLY COMPILED FROM Œfie moliern, authentic, anli interesting ©irrett'ons of BARON ROUSSIN AND CAPTAIN BARRAL, OF THE FRENCH NAVY, TOGETHER WITH THOSE OV CAPTAINS HEWETT, WELLESLEY, AND HEYWOOD, OF THE ROYAL NAVY, AND SEVERAL OTHER DISTINGUISHED NAVIGATORS.
By J. W. NORIE, Hydrographer, AUTHOR OF A COMPLETE EPITOME OF PRACTICAL NAVIGATION, AND SEVERAL OTHER NAUTICAL WORKS. PART THE FIRST. FROM MARANHAM TO RIO JANEIRO. A NEW EDITION. lLontron : PRINTED FOR CHARLES WILSON, (LATE J. W. NORIE .4ND WILSON,) Chartseller to the Admiralty, the Hoti. East India Company, and Corporation of Trinity House, At tbe Navigation Warehouse and Naval Academy, No. 107, LEADENHALL STREET, NEAR THE ROYAL EXCHANGE. 1841. Entered at Stationers' Hall. CONTENTS. t Vagz
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1 Winds and Currents which commonly prevail on, and near the Brazilian Coast 1 Description of the Country and Coast of Brazil 6 Sailing Directions for the North Coast of Brazil 12 Fernando de Noronha 12 The Roccas — Other Shoals 13 From Cape St. Roque to Maranham J3 Banks of St. Roque ]4 Angerstein's Rocks 15 Aricati 16 Ciara, or Seara 17 Directions for Ciara, or Seara 18 Jericacoara 19 The Paranahyba, or Pernaibo 20 Isle of St. Anne, and Lighthouse 22 Bearings and Distances of the different Points of the Coast from Cape St. Roque to Maranham 24 Directions for proceeding to Maranham 25 Sailing Directions for Maranham 26 Maranham 28 Shoal of Manoel Luiz 34 Sailing Directions for the East Coast of Brazil. From Cape St. Roque to Pernambuco, Bahia, and Rio Janeiro 35 Rio Grande de Norte — Ponta Negra — Bahia Formosa — Bahia Traicao... 36 Mamangape — Rio Parahyba 37 Cape Branco — Itamarica 38 Description of the City, Road, and Port of Pernambuco and Olinda 40 Pernambuco, or St. Antonio de Recif 40 Olinda — Cape St. Augustine 41 English Bank — Directions for Ships bound to Pernambuco 44 Aleixo Islands CONTENTS.
IV Page Tamandare — Macayo, or Jaragua 48 Porto Francez and San Miguel — Jiqua 50 River Poxim — Dom Rodrigo Rock — Rio San Francisco 51 Rio Japaratuba— Colindiba, or Cotandiba—Rio Sergipe, or Vasa Barris— Rio Real 52 Itapicuru — Tower of Garcia de Avila 53 Description of Bahia, or the Bay of All Saints, with Directions for sailing into and out of that Harbour 54 Sailing Directions from Bahia to Rio Janeiro, with a Description of the Land, the Abrolhos, &c 58 Morro St. Paul , 58 Island Itaporica — Camanu — Rio Contas — Os Ilheos 59 Porto Seguro 6l Mount Pascoal 62 Columbiana and Prado — St. Matheo 63 The Abrolhos 64 Barra Seca — Rio Doce 66 Bay of Espirito Santo 68 River Guarapari 69 Cape St. Thomas 70 The Islands of St. Anne — St. Joao de Maccahe — St. Anne's Bay 73 Cape Frio 74 The Harbour of Cape Frio 76 Cape Negro 78 Regulations at Rio Janeiro, 1825 79 Description of the City of Rio Janeiro, with Directions for sailing into and out of the Harbour 80 La Gabia — Pain de Sucre, or the Sugar Loaf 80 St. Sebastian, or the City of Rio Janeiro 83 The Bay of Rio Janeiro SAILING DIRECTIONS FOR ®ft* CUUSt Us 3$tW$tIt *fc FROM MARANHAM TO BUENOS AYRES.
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