MALHAM, John

[4026] THE | NAVAL GAZETTEER; | OR, | SEA-MAN’S COMPLETE GIDE. | CONTAINING | A FULL AND ACCURATE ACCOUNT, | ALPHABETICALLY ARRANGED, | OF THE SEVERAL COASTS | OF ALL THE | COUNTRIES AND ISLANDS IN THE KNOWN WORLD: | SHOWING THEIR | LATITUDE, LONGITUDE, SOUNDINGS, AND STATIONS FOR ANCHORAGE, | With a particular Description of the several | (en cuatro columnas) BAYS, CAPES, CHANNELS, COVES, CREEKS, CURRENTS, GULFS, HARBOURS, HAVENS, LAKES, OCEANS, RACES, RIVERS, ROADS, ROCKS, SANDS, SHOALS, SOUNDS, STRAITS TIDES, | VARIATIONS OF THE COMPASS, &c.&c. | TOGETHER WITH | A particular Relacion of the Shape and appearance at Sea of the several HEADLANDS, | ISTHMUSSES, PANINSULAS, POINTS, PROMONTORIES, and whatever is of Use or | Importance to the MASTER, PILOT, COMMANDER, or SEAMAN of any Ship or | vessel, in navigation the watery Element. | ALSO COMPREHENDING | Ample Directions for sailing into or out of the different PORTS, STRAITS, and HAR- | BOURS of the four Quarters of the World, and for avoiding dangers on the various | and extended Coasts; in which more than Twelve Thousand distinct Names of | Places, &c. are treat of and explained. | BY JOHN MALHAM, | Author of Navigation made Easy and Familiar, and other works on Naval affairs. | ILLUSTRATED WITH | A CORRECT SET OF CHARTS, | FROM THE LATEST AND BEST SURVEYS. | GREATLY IMPROVED FROM THE FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. | IN TWO VOLUMES.

PUBLISHED | By Edward J. Coale, No. 176, Market-street, Baltimore, and by John F. Watson, | S. W. corner of Third and Chesnut-streets, Philadelphia. | 1812.

Vol. I. 21 x 13 cms. 536 pp. En dos columnas. Textos en inglés. Signs.: [a]4-b4-e4-A4-Z4-Aa4-Zz4-Aaa4-Xxx4 ([a]1v bl.).

Trae artículos sobre Andalucía o Golfo de Paria, Puerto Cabello, Caracas, Coro, Cumaná. En el artículo sobre Caracas or Carraccas, despues de dar la posición y descripción dice: “... but beware of the Indians, who shoot poisoned arrows, and are very treacherous”. Trae otras inexactitudes como esta: “CORO, is a port town on the coast of Curacoa, on the Spanish Main, or N coast of South America, and in the district called Terra Firma. It is situated at the bottom of the gulf of Venezuela, and 23 leagues to the W from La Guaira, in lat. 11 deg. 10 min. N, and long. 69 deg. 50 min. W.”

Vol. II. 21 x 13 cms. 574 pp. En dos columnas. Textos en inglés. Signs.: [A]4-([A]1)-*B4-C4-4D4 24C4 (24C3, -24C4; [A]1v, 24C3v bl.).

Trae artículos sobre el Lago de Maracaibo, Maracapana, Margarita, Golfo de Paria, Río Orinoco (en un artículo muy extenso). Cuando menciona el lago de Maracaibo dice: “MARACAIBO Lake, is an inland gulf of the country called Terra Firma, on the N coast of the Spanish Main or S America, within the gulf of Venezuela, etc. Notwithstanding the many rivers which this lake receives, yet the tide that flows into it renders the water brackish. Its navigation however is greatly impeded by the island at the entrance, so that small vessels only of from 25 to 30 tons come up to the town; but in these it carries on a good trade in manufactures and merchandise from places near the lake, which are afterwards put on board as Spanish vessels that come hither to procure them. Vessels are also built here that trade all over America, and even into Spain, as it is very commodious for that employment. The inhabitants carry on a good trade, by the navigation of this lake, with those of New Granada”.

JCBL D812 M249n.

MALHAM, John 1747-1821