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South Coast Harbours 1698
report by Edmund Dummer and Thomas Wiltshaw |
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Southampton &c., Hampshire:
[Hampton] 'river'; Southampton Water, mouths of the River Test and
River Itchen, running into The Solent.
SU4_0_; sheet 196
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transcript of text pages
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Southampton &c.
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The Scituation
& convenience
of Hampton River
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This Draught is incerted to shew the Noble and
extensive convenience of those parts, just before spoken of,
wth: Relation to Portsmouth Vizt.
Their Scituation respectively and their Shelter By the Island
of Wight from St. Hellens point in the East to Hurst Castle
in the West, accounted to be Eighteen Miles in Length.
The River of Southampton alone is very considerable,
'tis reckoned from Calshott Castle to the Town eight
Miles distance of Good and even Soundings and sufficiently
deep for any Shipp the flatt Ouze on each side is of
large Demention, even and of small Declivity , soft and safe
for any Body to rest on; In short whatever Hazard
or inconvenience is to be feared of Rocky and Stony passages
and Shoares or Sandy Shoales these offer no Danger.
At and about the Town during the late Warr severall Shipps of
80, 60 & 50 Guns have been Built and Launched and
safely carryed to Portsmouth.
And for other particulars the annexed Draught will discover them.
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museum inventory notes and transcription of the chart |
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chart features and comparison with Collins chart of 1693 |
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summary relating to this harbour |
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South Coast Harbours 1698
report by Edmund Dummer and Thomas Wiltshaw |
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