The South America Pilot: From Cape St. Roque to Cape Virgins, Including Falkland, South Georgia, Sandwich, and South Shetland Islands : Also the North Coast from St. Roque to Cape North. East coast of South America. Part I., Parte 1Darling & Son, 1885 - 560 pagine |
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The South America Pilot: From Cape St. Roque to Cape Virgins ..., Parte 1 Visualizzazione completa - 1893 |
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12 fathoms 14 miles Admiralty chart anchor anchorage bank beach bearing bottom Buenos Aires buoy cables cape Carcass island channel Choiseul sound clear weather cliffs coast cove dangerous depth distance east eastern eastward extends extremity Falkland Falkland sound fathoms water feet high feet water flood forms full and change half a mile harbour height high water hills inch island islet kelp kelp patch land lies lighthouse low water miles an hour miles southward miles westward Monte Video Morro mouth named narrow navigable nearly north-east north-eastward north-west northern northward pampero Pará Parana pass pilot Plata port port San Antonio Porto Seguro recife reef river rocks rocky round runs sand sandy Santa Santa Catharina seen sheltered Shingle point shoal shore small vessels sound south point south-east south-west southern springs rise steep-to steer stream tide TIDES.-It is high town trees village West Falkland winds
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Pagina 357 - The wild rocks raised their lofty summits till they were lost in the clouds, and the valley lay covered with everlasting snow. Not a tree was to be seen, not a shrub even big enough to make a toothpick. The only vegetation...
Pagina 186 - Brava, at an elevation of 69 feet above the sea, is exhibited njixed white light, visible in clear weather from a distance of 10 miles.
Pagina 219 - The general law regulating these changes here, a.* well as in the other parts of the southern hemisphere, is that the ordinary change in the wind takes place from right to left, or contrary to the movement of the hands of a watch. Therefore the wind generally backs from north to north-west, to south-west, to south-east, &c., &c., whilst in the northern hemisphere it veers from left to right.* The prevailing winds differ according to.
Pagina 41 - It is about a mile in length, and a quarter of a mile in breadth, but contracts at both ends.
Pagina 360 - A perpetual gloom prevails, which the glorious sun seldom or never penetrates so as to be distinctly seen for many hours together ; and as for the stars, they and the moon are scarcely ever visible. Fine days are, " like angels
Pagina 196 - THE south bank of the Rio de la Plata is low, uniform, and uncultivated; the only objects visible from the offing are groups of trees -which are scattered along the coast, rendering the navigation near it difficult. This coast is the termination of the pampas of Buenos Ayres, immense monotonous plains, resembling the deserts of Africa, which extend to the chain of the Cordilleras, 420 miles to the westward. The only vegetation is an occasional ombu tree, the only large tree which grows in the pampas...
Pagina 173 - Bank) ; it is raised 98 feet above the sea, and should be visible in clear weather from a distance of 11 miles.
Pagina 59 - ... weather. To the north-west of Cotinguiba bar is mount Aracaju, remarkable from a cut or notch at its northern extremity, and a church with two towers on its south side ; NW by W. £W. from it will be seen the Cardinal's hat (so named from its similarity in shape), the southern peak of the Itabayanna range. Vessels should not approach this part of the coast very near, as with strong south-easterly winds it would be difficult to gain an offing. The beach is flat, and the bottom hard sand. RIVER...
Pagina 365 - The ice bergs, which form in the bays in winter, and break away in the summer, now produced so much drift ice, that we had frequently to work ship to avoid striking it. This coast is, if possible, more terrific in appearance than South Shetland. The tops of the islands, for the most part, terminate in craggy towering peaks, and look not unlike the mountain tops of a sunken land.
Pagina 307 - Columbian waters, in harbours and inlets, where there is little movement 5 of the waters, it is often absent. It should be an invariable rule never to pass over kelp. In general, by keeping clear of kelp you keep clear of danger, but this must not prevent attention to the lead, as the rule sometimes fails; kelp is always a sign of danger, and unless the spot where it grows has been carefully sounded, it is not safe for a 10 vessel to pass through it.