Sailing Directions for the Strait of Gibraltar and the Mediterranean Sea, comprehending the Coasts of Spain, France and Italy, the Coasts of Greece ... and the African Coast, from Tangier to Alexandria

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SAILING DIRECTIONS FOR THE STRAIT OF GIBRALTAR AND THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA To accompany the Charts recently published by Mr. Laurie, AND COMPREHENDING THE COASTS OF SPAIN, FRANCE, AND ITALY FROM CAPE TRAFALGAR TO THE ENTRANCE OF THE GULF OF VENICE; THE BALEARIC ISLES, CORSICA, SARDINIA, SICILY AND THE MALTESE ISLANDS ; THE COASTS OF GREECE AND IONIAN ISLANDS, THE NAVIGATION TO SMYRNA, AND THE^FRICAN COAST, FROM TANGIER TO ALEXANDRIA, INCLUSIVE. LONDON: PUBLISHED BY R. H. LAURIE, No. 53, FLEET STREET. [Chart with Directions, price Us. : without Directions, 12s.] SAILING DIRECTIONS FOR THE STRAIT OF GIBRALTAR AND THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA: COMPREHENDING The COASTS of SPAIN, FRANCE, and ITALY, From Cape Trafalgar to the entrance of the Gulf of Venice ; THE BALEARIC ISLES, CORSICA, SARDINIA, SICILY, AND THE MALTESE ISLANDS ; THE COASTS OF GREECE AND IONIAN ISLANDS ; THE NAVIGATION TO SMYRNA, AND THE AFRICAN COAST, From Tangier to Alexandria, inclusive : INCLUDING DESCRIPTIONS OF THE LIGHTHOUSES, AND TABLES OF POSITIONS, OR OF LATITUDES AND LONGITUDES, OF ALL THE PRINCIPAL POINTS, &C. SELECTED AND ARRANGED FROM THE NEW DIRECTORIES FOR THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA, GULF OF VENICE, BLACK SEA, &C By JOHN PURDY, Hvdrographer, TO ACCOMPANY THE CHARTS RECENTLY PUBLISHED L OND ON: PRINTED FOR R. H. LAURIE, Æfiatt=8cHct to tlje anmitalt**, tlje Ujonotafale dot-potation of lltlnitp-fiJoiist, »< NO. 53, FLEET STREET. 1841. %* COMMUNICATIONS FOR THE FUTURE IMPROVEMENT OF THIS WORK ARE RESPECTFULLY SOLICITED. [lEntereO at Stationers*' p-taiu] ERRATAr^-c. Page 3, line 3, read 4J miles S.E. [S. 67° E.] Page 58. — At Cassis there is now a Harbour-light from the 1st of November, 1840.

The tower is on the left side of the entrance ; its light is fixed, and seen to the distance of three leagues. Page 58. — La Ciotat. — A new tower, first lighted on the 1st of November, 1840, has been constructed on the head of the New Mole, at 120 yards to the south-eastward of the light on Fort Berouard. Both lights are fixed, and seen at an equal distance ; they cannot, therefore, be mistaken for that of Cassis, To the announcement of these new lights it was added that, from the same date, a small fixed light would be exhibited on the fort of the Isle of St. Marcou, in the English Channel, latitude 49'' 29' 55", and longitude 1° 9' W. Another at Port Navalo, on the eastern side of the entrance of the Morbihan, Bay of Biscay. The Lighthouse of the Bassin d'Arcachon, mentioned in the Directory for the Bay of Biscay, (page 26) has been lighted from the date above-mentioned.

Page 245.— Morocco should be Marocco, the Maroksh of the Arabs; antient Mauretania. PRINTED BY J. RIDER, 14, BARTHOLOMEW CLOSE, LONDON CONTENTS. PAGE GENERAL NOTES on the Given Bearings and Variations of the Compass, &c 1

Section I

The STRAIT and BAY of GIBRALTAR, from Cape Trafalgar to Gibraltar, Cape Spartel to Ceuta, and thence to Tetuan 1 Geodetic Positions 1 1. The Spanish Coast, from Cape Trafalgar to Gibraltar 2 Cape Trafalgar, 2 : Heights of Meca, 2 : Bank off Trafalgar, 2 : Tarifa, 3 o Cabezos, 3o Point Guadalmesi, 3 : Cape Carnero and Pearl Rock, 4 : Bay of Gibraltar, 4: Europa Point, 5. 2. The African Coast from Cape Spartel to Ceuta and Tetuan C Cape Espartel or Spartel, 6 : Tangier Bay, 6 : Tangier to Ceuta, 7 : Ceuta, 8 : Tetuan, 8. 3. The Tides and Currents of the Strait and Mediterranean Sea 9 In the Strait, 9 : In the Mediterranean, 11 : Temperature of the Water, 11. 4. Remarks and Directions, for the use of Vessels bound from Gibraltar Westward, to the Ocean 12 Small vessels with westerly wind, 12 : large vessels, 13. 5.

Directions for Sailing through the Strait, both from the Westward and Eastward .... 13 Vessels from the westward, 13 : from the eastward, 14 : View of the Strait, 14 : Description and appearance of Alboran, 15.

Section II

The COAST of SPAIN, from Gibraltar to Cape Creux, &c 15 Geodetic Positions, 15: Santa Barbara, &c, 15: Estepona, 16: Marbella, 16: Malaga, 17 : Velez-Malaga, 19 : Torros,19: Herradura and Velilla, 20 : Indications of East and S.E. Winds, 20: Cape Sacratif, 20 : Rabida,21 : Bay of Almeria, 21: Almeria, 22: Cape de Gati 22 : Pollacra Point, 22 : Moxaca, 23 : Rio de Cuebas, 23 : Almazarron, 24 : Cape Tinnosa, 24 o Cartagena, 24 : Current near Palos, 25 : Escrombrera Bay, 25 : Porman, 25. Cape Palos, 25 : Isle Grosa, Capes Roch and Servera, 26 : Castle of Sta. Pola, 26: Lugar Nuevo, 26 : Isle Piana, 27 : Alicante, 27 : Cape de la Huerta, 28 : Bay of Altea, 28 : Calpe, More yr», aod Cape de la Nao, 29: Co.pe S. Antonio, 29: Cape S. Antonio westward to Gibraltar, 29. CONTENTS. IV PAGE Punta Sarda and Cape Cullera, 29 : Valencia, 30 : Murviedro, 30 : Cape Oro pesa, 31 : The Columbretes, 31 : Peniscola, 31 : Alfraques, 32 : Tortosa and Cape Salo, 33 : Tarragona, 33 : Cape Gros, 34 : Barcelona, 35 : Badalona, 35 : Mataro, 36 : Cape Tosa, 36 : Palamos, 37 : Gulf and Bay of Rosas, 37 : Cadaques, 38 : Prevailing Winds, 38 : Cape de Creux, 38.

Section III

The BALEARIC ISLANDS ; comprehending Iviza and Formentera, Majorca, and Minorca 39 Iviza, 41: Port of Iviza, 40 : Cape Martinet, 40: Isles of Sta. Eulalia, 40 : Cape Campaniche, 41 : Punta den Serra, 41 : Port of S. Antonio, 41 : Conejera Isles, 42. FonMENTF.nA, 42 : Espalmador, 42. Majorca, 43: Palma, 43 : Cape Blanco, &c, 44 : Dragonera, 44 : Northern Coast, 45 : Bay of Pollenza, 45 : Bay of Alcudia, 45 : Cape Pera, 46 : Bay of Arta, 46 : South Coast, 46 : Cabrera, 47. Minorca, 47 : Port Mabon, 47 : N.E. Coast, 48 : North Coast, 48 : Port Foi nells, 48 : West Coast, 49 : Ciudadella, 49 : South Coast, 50 : Anchorages, 50 : Ayre Isle, 51.

Section IV

The COAST of FRANCE, from Cape Servera to the River Var 51 Geodetic Positions, 51 : Cape Servera and Collioure, 52 : Port of Narbonne, 52 : Agde, and Cette, 53: Aigues-Mortes, 54 : Gulf of Lyon, 54 : Tides, 54: Mouths of the Rhone, 54 : Foz and Bouc, 55. Bay of Marseille, 55 : Port of Marseille, 56 : Cassis, 58 : La Ciotat, 58 : Brusc Road, 59 : Cape Sicie, 59 : Toulon, 59 : Hyeres, 61 : Capes Taillat and Lardier, 62: Gulf of Grimaud,63: Frejus, 63: Cape Roux, 64 : Isles of St. Marguerite, 64 : Gourjean or Gulf of Jouan, 64 : Antibes, 65.

Section V

The COASTS of NICE and GENOA, from the River Var to La Spezia and Sarzana 65 Geodetic Positions, 65 : Nice and Villa Franca, description of, 66 : Remarks on, by the late Mr. Wm. Smith, 67 : Monaco, 68 : Cape St. Martin, &c. 68 : Vintimiglia and St. Remo, 69 : Porto Maurizio, Oneglia, and Cape dell' Melle, 69 : Alassio and Albenza, 70: Cape Noli and Cape Vado, 70: Savona, 71 : Genoa, 71 : Porto-Fino and Bay of Rapalo, 72 : Porto-Vener6, 73 : La Spezia or Spezzia, 73.

Section VI

The ISLAND of CORSICA 75 Cape Corso or Corse, 75 : Bastia, 76 : Porto- Vecchio, 76 : Strait and Harbour of Bonifacio, 77: Gulfof Ventimiglia, 78 : Gulf of Valinco, 79 : of Ajaccio 79- of Sagona, 80: of Porto, 80: of Calvi, 81 : Cape Spano, 81 : Gulf of S. Fiorenzo 81

Section VII

The ISLAND of SARDINIA 82 Geodetic Positions, 82 : North Coast, 84 : Cape Della Testa, 84 : Castel Sardo, 85 • Port Torres, 85: Cape Falcon and Asinara, 86: Western Coast, 86: Porto Conte aud Alghero, 86: Bosa, 87 : Capes Manna and St. Marco, 87 : Oristano Bay, 88 : Isle of S. Pietro, 88 : S. Antonio, 89 : Bay of Palma, 89 : Bay of Teulada, 90 : Port Malfatano, 91 : Cape Spartivento, 91 : Gulfof Cagliari, 91. Cape Carbonara, 92: Cape Ferrato, 92: Island Tavolara, 94: Gulf of Terra-nova, 94 : Gulf of Congianus, 94: The Intermediate Islands, 94: Gulfof Arsaquena, 95. CONTENTS. V PAGE

Section VIII

The COAST and ISLANDS of ITALY, from the Gulf os Spezia to Cape Spartivento gg Geodetic Positions, 96 : Viareggio, 96 o Pisa, 96 : Livorno or Leghorn, 96 : Isle Gorgona, 98 : Island Capraia, 99 : Leghorn to Piombino, 99 : Bay of Fullonica, 100 : Island of Elba, 101 : Porto Ferraio, &c. 101 : Western Coast of Elba, 101 :' Pianosa, 102 : Monte Christo, 102. Geodetic Positions continued, 103 : Cape Troja, &c. 103 : Mount Argentaro 104 : Port Hercolo, Giglio, and Gianuti, 104. Roman Territory. — Civita Vecchia, 105 : Cape Linaro, 105 : River Tiber and Lighthouses, 106: Cape d'Anzo, 106: Mount Circello, 107: Terracina, 107: Isles Ponza, Palmarola, Zannone, Vandotena, &c. 108. Neapolitan Coast. — Geodetic Positions, 109 : Gaeta, 109 : Gulf or Bay of Naples, 110: Isola d' Ischia, 111 : Procida and Vivara, 111: Cape Miseno, 112 : Baia, 112 : Pozzuoli, 113: Isle Nisita, 113: Bay of Baia, 113: Naples, 114: Castell' a Mare, 116: Sorrento, 117: Capri, 117: Gulf or Bay of Salerno, 118: Cape Licosa, 119: Gulf or Bay of St. Euphemia, 119 : Gioja Bay, 119: Scylla, 120 : Reggio, 120 : the Fata Morgana, 120.

Section IX

The ÆOLIAN ISLES, SICILY, MALTA, GOZO, and other Islands in the Sicilian Sea 121 Geodetic Positions, 121: the Æolian or Lipari Isles, 121: Ustica, 121: Alicudi, 122: Felicudi, 122: Salina, 123: Lipari, 124: Vulcano, 125: Panaria, 126: Stromboli, 127. Island of Sicily, in general, 128 : Description, 128 : Principal Towns, &c. 130: Northern Coast, Geodetic Positions, 130: Cape St. Vito, 131 : Castell' a Mare, 131 : Bay of Palermo, 132 : Directions for the Bay, 133 : Cape Zaffarana, 133: Cefalu, &c. 134 : Caronia, 134: Cape Orlando, 135: Bay of Patti, 135: Olivieri, 135 : Milazzo, 136: Cape Rasaculmo, 136. Eastern Coast of Sicily, Geodetic Positions, 137 : Strait of Messina and Currents, 137: Faro Channel and Messina, 138: Charybdis, 140: Scaletta, 140: Cape Grosso, 140: Taormina, 141: Aci Reale, 141: Catania, 141: Mount Etna, 142 : La Bruca and Augusta, 142 : Syracuse, 144 : Noto and Cape Passaro, 145.

The Agadean Isles, 146: Maritimo and Favignana, 146: Levanso, 147: Pan tellaria, 147. Western and Southern Coasts of Sicily ; Geodetic Positions, 148 : Cape St. Vito, 149: Mount St. Julian, 149 : Trapani, 149 : Marsala, 150: Mazzara, 151: The Marobia, 151 : Cape Granitola, 152. Southern Coast, 152 : Tides or Currents, 152 : Cape Granitola to Cape St. Marco, 152 : Sciacca, &c. 153 : Siculiana, 153 : Girgenti, 1 54 : Palma, 155 : Alicata, 155 : Terra-nova, 156 : Cape Scalambra, &c. 156 : Coast to Cape Passaro, 157 : Current Point, 157 : Empress Shoal, 157. Islands of Malta, Gozo, Linosa, and Lampedusa ; Geodetic Positions, 157: Malta in general, 158: Gozo and Cumino, 160 : St. Paul's Bank, 161: Harbour of St. Paul, 161: Valetta, 162: Marsa Musceit, 163: Marsa Scirocco, 164: South Coast of Malta, 164: Trade and Quarantine Regulations of Malta, 164 : Linosa, Lampedusa, and Lampion, 166, 167:

Section X

The IONIAN SEA, from Cape Spartivento to Brindisi, with the opposite Coast and Ionian Islands, including General Remarks on the Navigation of the Archipelago , 167 Geodetic Positions of the S.E. Coast of Italy, 167 : Cape Spartivento to Crotona, 168: Gulf of Taranto, 168: Cape Otranto and Brindisi, 169: the Albanian Coast, 170. CONTENTS. VI l'AQE The Ionian Island,; Geodetic Positions, 170: the Islands in general, 171: Corfu, description, 172 : Sailing Directions for, 178 : :Officid Instructions, 75 . Paxo,177: Coast of Alhania to the Gulf of Arta, 177: Prevua 178 : Leucadia or Sa^ta Maura, 178 - Cephalonia, 181 : Ithaca, 183 : Zante, 184 - Stamphane ot Strophadiæ, 186. Coast of Greece, 186: Patras, 187: Lepanto, 188 - Vostitza, 189 : Currents of the Gulf of Patras, &c. 189 : Seasons, 190.

Western Coast of the Morea, from Cape Papas, southward, 1 90 -Cape Clare™., 190- Gulf of Arcadia, 191: Navarino, 192 : Gulf of Kalamata or Koran, 19J Kitr'ies, L., 194: Gulf of Kolokythia, 195: Servi, &c, 195: Cengo and Cerigotto, 196 : Current ahout Cape Matapan, 197. Winds in the Grecian Seas and Archipelago, with General Remarks on the Passages toward Smyrna, &c, 197. General Description and Remarks on the Archipelago by Captain J Stewart R.N. 198: Remarks on the Winds and Passages, by Mr. Wm. Wood, R.N. 200 . Concluding Remarks, 201.

Section XI

The ISLAND and SEA of CANDIA 202 Geodetic Positions, 202 : Candia in general, 202 : Grabusa, &c, 203 ; Bay and Port of Canea, 203: Suda and Retymo, 205 : Bay of Candia, 205: Bay ot Mirabella, 206 : Southern Coast and Gozes, 206.

Section XII

The S.E. and EASTERN COASTS of GREECE, from Cape Male a or St. Angelo to Athens ; thence from Cape Colonna to the Strait of Silota or Doro Passage, &c 207 Geodetic Positions, 207: Cape Malea, 207: Monembasia, 207: Karavi, Falconera, and Kaimene, 208: Hydra, Thoko or Hydron, and Spetzia, 208: Garden Bay in Hydra, 209 : Castri, 209 : Thoko or Hydron, Stratonisi, and Cambrian Shoal, 210 : Spetzia, 211 : Cape Skylleo and Colonna, 212 : Gulf of Egina, 212 : Piræus or Port of Athens, 212 : Koulouri, 214 : Port Mandri, 215 : Port Raphti, 215: Egripo or Negropont, 215 : Petali Isles, 216 : Karysto Bay, 216. Island of Zea, 217: Thermia, 218: Andro or Andros, 219: Bocca Silota, or Doro Passage, 219: Kaloyeri, 219.

Section XIII

The ISLANDS of the ARCHIPELAGO, north-eastward of Cape Malea or St. Angelo, including the Island Scio and the Gulf of Smyrna. 220 Geodetic Positions, 220 : Milo, 220 : Remarks on the Navigation to Milo,&c, by Mr. Wm. Wood, Capt. Stewart, &oc, 222: Argentiera or Kimilo, 223 : Siphanto 224: Paros, Anti-Paros, and Naxia, 224 : Griphonisa Passage, 227: Serpho 228" Syra, 228 : Delos and Myconi, 229 : Tyno, 231 : Ghioura, 233. Directions for Sailing from the Southern Coast of the Morea toward Smyrna Sec, 233 : Island and Strait of Scio, 234 : North Coast of Scio, 235 : Port Fin' 235: Strait and Port of Scio, 236: Tchesm6 or Chismeh, 237: Egry Liman' 237 : Psara or lpsera, 238. Gulf of Smyrna, 238: Phogia, 239 : Smyrna, 240: Directions for Sailing upward, 242: Bay of Vourla, 244: Winds on the Coast of Anatoli and nei°h. bouring- Islands, 245. CONTENTS. VII PAGE