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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Hil with the Mizen.

Thus sheweth the south-coast of Forteventura, when the hill with the white Mizen is northwest and by north about a-league from you.

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Thus sheweth the northwest side of great Canaries.

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Thus sheweth Teneriffe, when the Pico is westsouthwest from you, and then you are open before the Roade of Saint Cruz.

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Thus sheweth Teneriffe when the Pico is southeast from you, and then are you open before the Roade of Garrichica.

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When la Palma is about east from you 16 or 17 leagues, then it ariseth thus.

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When Porto Santo is s. and by w. from you about 9 leag. then it sheweth it selfe thus.

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Thus sheweth the Island Palma being south and south and by east nine or ten leagues from you.

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Thus sheweth the Island Palma being southwest & by south 4 or 5 leagues from you.

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When Salvages is eastsoutheast five leagues from you, it sheweth it selfe thus.

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When Salvages is eastsoutheast five leagues from you it ariseth thus.

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When Porto Sancto is about south, 5 or 6 leagues from you, then sheweth it selfe thus.

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Thus sheweth the Island Madera, when you come from the northwards, & that the middest of the Island is 10 or 12 leagues from you, the southeast end is very ragged when you are neere by it, the northwest end is a steep point going sloping downe.

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Thus sheweth the Island Madera being southwest from you.

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When Madera is westsouthwest from you 13 leagues. it ariseth thus.

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When Madera is south from you 16 leagues, it sheweth it selfe thus.