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• A description of the windward passage, and Gulf of Florida : with the course of the British trading-ships to, and from the island of Jamaica. ... Illustrated with a chart ... To which are added, some proposals for the better securing of the British trade and navigation to and from the West-Indies. ... To which is now annexed, a very remarkable letter
  by: Cowley, John
  Published: (1739)
• A description of the windward passage : and Gulf of Florida, with the course of the British trading-ships to, and from the island of Jamaica. Also An account of the Trade-Winds, and of the variable Winds and Currents on the Coasts thereabouts, at different Seasons of the Year. Illustrated with a chart of the Coast of Florida, and of the Islands of Bahama, Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica, and the adjacent smaller Islands, Shoals, Rocks, and other remarkable Things in the Course of the Navigation in the West-Indies. Whereby is demonstrated, The Precariousness of those Voyages to the West-India Merchants, and the Impossibility of their Homeward-Bound Ships keeping clear of the Spanish Guarda Costa's The Whole very necessary for the Information of such as never were in those Parts of the World. To which are added, some proposals for the better securing of the British trade and navigation to and from the West-Indies
  by: Cowley, John
  Published: (1739)
• The complete pilot for the Windward Passage : or, directions for sailing through the several passages to the eastward of Jamaica. By Captain Bishop, Captain Hester, and several other experienced navigators. To which are Added, The Reports and descriptive Instructions of the Commanders Sent by the French Government To explore the Windward Passages, in 1753 and 1755; Now First Translated into English
  by: Bishop, Robert
  Published: (1789)
• The compleat pilot for the Windward Passage : or, directions for sailing through the several passages to the eastward of Jamaica. By Captain Hester, Mr. Bishop, and several other experienced navigators. To which are added, The Reports, and descriptive Instructions of the Commanders, Sent by the French Government, To explore the Windward Passages in 1753, and 1755; now first translated into English
  by: Hester
  Published: (1780)
• The complete pilot for the gulf passage; or, Directions for sailing through the Gulf of Florida : Named also new bahama channel, and the neighbouring parts. By Capt. Bernard Romans, Capt. W. Gerrard de Brahm, surveyor-general for the southern district of North America; George Gauld, Esq. surveyor of the Florida coasts; Capt. Bishop, Capt. Hester, Capt. Archibald Dalzel, and several other gentlemen experienced in the navigation of that passage
  by: Romans, Bernard
  Published: (1789)