A description of the sands, shoals, buoyes, beacons, roads, channels, and sea marks on the coast of England: from the southforeland to Flamborough head, being furnished with new & exact droughts of the sands, acording to the said descriptions / by John Seller, hydrographer to the Kings most excellent Majestie, and are to be sold by him at the Hermitage staires in Wapping.

The Banks that lie off in the Sea.

The Dogger-Bank.

On the Dogger-Bank the ground is even for ten leagues together; on the South-side of it there is 24, 24, 25, 25, 25, 24, 24, 23, 22, 21, 20, 19, 18 fathom, fine white Sand; and on the North-side it falls off with a flat, and deepens by little and little; in sayling four leagues North after you have sixteen fathom, you will have your water every cast deeper; at four leagues you will have twenty fathom, fine white Sand; the Bank lyeth nearest North-east from the Sporn, and runneth near the Juttish-Riff: On the South-side, a mile from the Bank, you will have 20 and 22 fathom fine white and gray Sand; you will have 18, 17, 16, 14, 11 fa∣thom, fine whitish gray Sand, and continueth in the depth of 11 fathom on the Dogger-bank for 7 leagues together, in the Latitude of 55 deg. 9 min. to the East∣wards of Flamborough-head 34 leagues. The Sound∣ings on the very Ridge of the Dogger-bank, toward the West end, are 11, 11, 12, 11, 10 and a half, 10 and a half, 10 and a quarter, 10 and a quarter, 10 and a half fathom. In standing a mile southerly, you will deepen from 10 and a quarter to 12 fathom, and sayling We∣sterly you will find shoaler water: In sayling 30 leagues East and West, the ground is of the same nature: For three leagues breadth North or South, it is 11, 12, 10 and a half, 11, 11, 13, 14, 15, 14 fathom; then the water grows deeper on either side, but more steeper on the North than on the South; yet towards the West part of this Bank, you will find the South side to deepen more suddenly than to the East end: It lyeth nearest S. W. by West, and N. E. by East, stretching within 16 leagues of Flamborough-head. The Sound∣ings on the West end Flamborough-head bearing East by North, four degrees northerly, distant eight leagues, and steering W. S. W. you will have white and brown Sand, 20, 19, 17, 16 fathom, with small stones of Gra∣vel. But further off towards the Dogger-bank 32, 30, 25, 32, 27, 30 fathom, fine brown and gray Sand. A∣bout two leagues to the southward of Flamborough-head you will have 10 fathom water, small gravel stones and brown Sand. When Hornsey-spire-steeple bears W.S.W. about three leagues, and Flamborough-head N. W. by North, you may anchor in 17 fathom, gravelly ground. Flamborough-head lyeth in the Latitude of 54 deg. 14 min.

In the Latitude of 54 deg. 3 min. to the East of the Meridian of Flamborough-head 5 ⅓ leagues, you will have 25 fathom, gray Sand, with small stones and pieces of shells. The Soundings from 17, 18, 20, 21, 23, 24, 25 fathom, fine gray Sand, sometimes gravel, and sometimes shells.

Crouch-Bank.

In the mid-way between Flamborough-head and the Naze lyeth this great Bank, North by East and South by West in the Sea, being in length 35 leagues; the South end hereof is distant from the Dogger-bank five leagues, and from Flamborough-head North-east, half easterly, 39 leagues; on the South end of this Bank is 22, in the middle 38, 39, and on the North end 28 fa∣thom, which beareth from the Naze W. S. W. 39 leagues.

The White-Bank.

About twenty leagues North from Friezland lyeth the White-bank, being in length 27 leagues, and in breadth five leagues, being distant from the Dogger-bank 13 leagues; lying East by North, and West by South in the Sea; on the West end is 23 fathom, and on the South end 22.

The White-Water.

North-West by West, fourteen leagues from the Texel, lyeth a Bank called the White-water, lying N. E. by East, and S. W. by South in the Sea, being in length ten leagues, on which is 16 fathom, the West end being distant from the Well seven leagues, where you will have 24 and 25 fathom, and between it and the Dogger-bank 27 and 28 fathom.

The Well-Bank.

The Soundings of the Well-bank are 15 and 14 fa∣thom, brown sand and small gravel; between Flambo∣rough-head and it the distance being 20 leagues, you will have 25, 23, 22, 21, 22, 18 fathom; near the West side of the Bank you will have 12, 14, 16, 17, 13, 15 fathom, brown Sand, with small gravel stones in it red and black, and some Casts fine brown Sand, and pieces of shells. On the South-west part of the Well-bank you will have 13 fathom, brown Sand: This Well-bank stretcheth far easterly towards the White-sand. The depth of Water between both is 15, 14, 18, 17, 17, 23, 17, 21, 21, 23, 21, 14 fathom, brown Sand, but no certainty in any ground to know the distance of places from the Land.

In the Latitude of 53 deg. 6 min. Flamborough-head bearing N. W. by West, five degrees westerly, distant 43 leagues; sayling South, your depth will be 16, 17, 21, 21, 23, 21, 14. In the Latitude 52 deg. 54 min. 20, 18, 23, 19 fathom, brown gritty Sand.

The Tydes run North by East, and South by West, * 1.1 of an indifferent strength; it is high-water here on the Change-day of the Moon.

Notes

• * 1.1

  Flowing of the Tydes.