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PUBLICATION DETAILS: Imprint: London Printed for W. and J. Mount, T. Page and Son, on Tower-Hill, M.DCC.LXI [i.e., 1761].” Folio, 12 ½”w x 19”h.  66 pages of text, maps not numbered. 26 engraved maps (4 single-page and 22 double-page or larger) plus 4 engraved maps in the text. The names of William Mount (1688-1769) and Thomas Page (1704-1762) appear on most maps. The English Pilot: The Fourth Book was published first in 1689 and last in 1794.

CHARTS: Charts in this 1761 edition in the sequence bound, as follows:
[1]A New and Correct Chart of the Western and Southern Oceans Shewing the Variations of the Compass….
[2] A New and Correct Chart of the North Part of America from New Found Land to Hudson’s Bay.
[3] A New and Generall Chart of the The West Indies….
[4] A General Chart of the Western Ocean
[5] A Chart of the Sea Coast of New Foundland / New Scotland / New England / New Jersey with Virginia and Maryland.  (Plate II, State 1.)
[6] The Harbour of Casco Bay and Islands Adjacent By Capt. Cyprian Southicke.
[7] A New and Correct Chart of the Coast of New Foundland from Cape Raze to Cape Bonavista…
[8] A Chart of Part of the Sea Coast of New Foundland from the Bay of Bulls to Little Placentia exactly and Carefully lay’d down by Iohn Gaudy. Engraved by S. Parker.
[9]Harbor Grace. Single-page.
[10]Bay Bulls. Single-page. .
[11]Catalina Harbor. Single-page.
[12]Port Bonavista. Single-page.
Text. Island of St. Peters. In text on page 18.
[13] A Correct Map of the Coast of New England.
[14] A Draught of New York from the Hook to New York Town by Mark Tiddeman. Plate I, State 2;
[15]Virginia, Maryland, Pennsilvania, East & West New Jarsey (Plate II, State 1)
[16]A Draught of Virginia from the Capes to York in York River… by Mark Tiddeman.  Verner Plate I, State 2. There is a new cartouche enclosed in a shell and scroll rather than the simple line drawing. Stephenson & McKee, 104. Verner, p. [57]. Wooldridge, illustrating this Plate I, State 2.
Text. Barbados. In text on page 26.
[17] A New Mapp of the Island of St. Christophers…with insets: A New Map of the Island Guardalupa and A new Map of the Island Martineca.
Text. A Large Draft of the Island Antigua. In text on p. 30.
[18] A Large Draft of South Carolina from Cape Roman to Port Royall.
[19] A Correct Chart of the Caribee Islands.
[20] A Correct Chart of Hispaniola with the Windward Passage … by C. Price.
[21] A New and Correct Draught of the Bay of Matanzas. On the North side of ye Island Cuba…by Robt. Pearson. Single page.
[22]The Island of Jamaica. With inset: A Draft of the Harbour of Port Royal….
 [23] A New Chart of the Bahama Islands and the Windward Passage.
Text. Bermuda. In text on p. 50.
[24] A Draught of the Coast of Guyana, from the Entrance of the river Orinoco… to the Entrance of the River Amazones. With insets The River Oronoque and The River of Surinam.
[25] A New and Correct Chart of the Trading Part of the West Indies,
[26] An Exact Draught of the Gulf of Darien & the Coast to Porto Bello with Panama in the South Sea & the Scotch Settlement in Calledonia. Inset:

CONDITION: Early calf is scratched and stained. No end papers. A few maps with extraneous folds. Most are very good to excellent.

BIBLIOGRAPHY:
National Maritime Museum, Atlases and Geography, Vol. 3, Part 1, pages 488- 490. Lists contents of several editions, but not this edition;

Stephenson & McKee, Virginia in Maps, 104;

Tooley, Ronald Vere. Maps and Mapmakers, p. 61;

Verner. A Carto-Bibliographical Study of the English Pilot: The Fourth Book;

Wooldridge, Mapping Virginia p. 98 and pl. 94.