The lighting colomne or sea-mirrour containing the sea-coasts of the northern, eastern and western navigation: setting forth in divers necessarie sea-cards all the ports, rivers, bayes, roads, depths and sands ... With the discoveries of the chief countries, and on what cours and distance they lay one from another ... As also the situation of the northernly countries, as islands, the strate Davids, the isle of Ian-Mayen, Bear-Island, Old-Greenland, Spitsbergen and Nova Zembla ... Gathered out of the experience and practice of divers pilots and lovers of the famous art of navigation. By Jan van Loon. Whereunto is added a brief instruction of the art of navigation, together vvith nevv tables of the suns declination, also an almanack extending untill the yeare 1661.

How these Lands doe shew themselves at sea.

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S. Rego.

Thus sheweth the coast of Portugal from Bayone to Cape de Montego, when you sayle alongst by it, about 4 leagues off, the figure following belongeth hereto, at the crosses one to the other.

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Cape de Montego.

When that black Hommock where the H standeth by, is eastsoutheast from you, then are you thwart off, or open before Avero.

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The high Land of Viana.

Thus sheweth the Land of Viana, and to the southwards of it the Hommock by B is 2 leagues to the northwards of Villa del Conde.

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The high Land of Viana

The land by Viana, and to the southwards of it towards Villa del Conde, sheweth as is pourtrayed in this and the figure following, by V, is the Rivers mouth of Viana.

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Ville del Conde.

This followeth the former figure, the Hommock at C, is two leagues to the northwards of Villa del Conde.

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The high land of Viana.

Thus sheweth the foresayd land of Viana, & to the southwards of it, when Viana, (being by A) is northeast from you 10 leagues.

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Mettelyne thwart from you.

Rockes about a league to the north of Mettelyne. Rocks off Mettelyne.

Thus sheweth the land by Mettelyne, when Mettelyne is thwart from you and that you are close by the land.

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Castle on the north side of Port a Port, when you come from the northward by the land The land to the northwards of Port a Port.

This figure belongeth to the fo••mer, & sheweth the forme of the land by Port a Port, and to the southwards of it, when you come from the southwards, you shall see a little village, within the castle of Port a Port, called S. Iohn. A league to the northwards of it lyeth Mettelyn.

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The Land to the southwards of Port a Port. Avero. Abbey.

Thus sheweth the land betwixt Port a Port and Avero, when the high land to the southwards of Port is east and by south from you 4 leagues.

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Thus sheweth the land of Port, when you come from the southwards.

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Thus sheweth the land of Port a Port, when it is eastsoutheast from you about 4 leagues.

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Viana Villa del Conde. Port a Port

Thus sheweth the land from the northwards of Viana to Port a Port, when you sayle alongst by it.

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Port

When Port a Port is southeast from you seven or eight leagues, then it sheweth with the land to the northwards of it in this forme.