The coasting pilot: Describing the sea-coasts, channels, soundings, sands, shoals, rocks, & dangers: the bayes, roads, harbours, rivers, ports, buoyes, beacons, and sea-marks, upon the coasts of England Flanders and Holland with directions to bring a shipp into any harbour on the said coasts. Being furnished with the new draughts, charts, and descriptions, gathered from ye experience and practise of diverse able and expert navigators of our English nation. / Collected and published by John Seller. Hydrographer in ordinary to the King.

To sayl into Mounts-Bay.

If you be coming out of Falmouth, bound to the westward as into Mounts-bay with an easterly wind, be not covetous of keeping too near the Lizard Shore, especially at the Manacles, for there be sunken Rocks without the Manacles: To avoid which, open the Land short of them, you shall see a Spire Steeple called St. Keveren; be sure therefore to keep so far off the shore, that you may see all the Spire of the said Steeple above the Land, and so shall you go without them clear of danger until you come to the Lizard point; from whence there lyeth a ledge of Rocks, which all shew themselves at low-water.

About five leagues N. W. from the Lizard, lyeth a great Bay called Mounts-bay; on the East side of which is a high Island, whereon standeth a Castle called St.

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A Description of the Sea Coast of England

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A Chart of the West part of England from Portland to Silly describing all the Roads Havens and Harbors with all the Sands depths and Soundings along the Coast

newly Corrected by John Seller

And are to be Sold at his Shop at the Signe of the Marrinors Compass at the Hermitage Stayres in Wapping.

Michaels-Mount; to the eastward of which lyeth a great range of Rocks from the Land, a league into the Sea, whereof you must be careful in dark weather. From thence to the southward, towards the Lizard, the Coast is very full of Rocks, but he not far off the shore.

For to sayl into Mounts-bay, coming from the Lands∣end, or the Lizard, the Ground is very clear all over, and fine Sand, until you come within a mile of the Shore, between 20 and 23 fathom.

To ride at Anchor in Guavas-Lake, You must be so far to the westward, as that you have the Steeple of Paul to bear from you W. N. W. but if being far to the eastward, that the said Church doth stand N. W. by North, somewhat westerly from you, then you have no clear Ground; being near the West-Land, run in from St. Clements-Island, (which lyeth before the Town of Mouse-hole) for it is very clear Ground, then the Castle will be on the Starboard side a great way distant, which Castle is foul round about; being come within St. Clements-Island, you shall see within it a great sandy Bay; anchor there in seven or eight fathom. South-East, and E.S.E. Winds do blow there right open in, for all other Winds you lie there Land-lockt.

Four leagues to the westward of Mounts-bay, lyeth the Lands-end of England, which lyeth from the Lizard W.N.W. distant 9 or 10 leagues.