Central America And Mexico Pilot East Coast From Gallinas Point Colombia To The Rio Grande PDF Download

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1916 edition. Excerpt: ... Light (lat. 21 36' N., long. 87 05' W.).--A flashing white light, elevated 42 feet, and visible 11 miles, is exhibited from an iron frame tower painted red, with wooden dwellings of the same color, erected on the cape. Tides.--It is high water, full and change, at Cape Catoche at 9h. 30m.; springs rise 1 feet. Offlying shoals.--From the Bocas de Joujon (Jonjon), eastward of Catoche, to Point Palmas (name not shown on chart) to the westward, a distance of 23 miles, the coast is skirted by many sand and coral ridges, some of which, being covered with red and green kelp weed, give their tinge to the water, and point them out. These ridges extend 8 miles northward of the cape, with depths of 3 to 5 fathoms, and 6 to 7 fathoms just beyond. From Point Francisco (Francisca), the northwest extreme of Jalbos Island, they extend northward 10 miles, at which distance Corsario Shoal, with a depth of 2i fathoms, and at 6 miles north-northwest from the same point there is as little as 1 fathoms of water. In passing this part of the coast a vessel should not come within the depth of 10 fathoms, which lies only from 1 to 2 miles outside the shoals. Yalahau Lagoon.--Between Jolbos Island and the mainland is Yalahau Lagoon, 17 miles in length, east and west, by about 4 miles in width. Its west entrance, the Boca de Conil, has from 3 to 4 feet on its bar. The village of Yalahau bearing 162 is possibly the best line for a boat to cross it. In the lagoon the depths are from \ to 2 fathoms. On the south side of the entrance is the village of Yalahau, a village with the remains of a small fort eastward of it. Water.--In the sea not far from the beach and off the ruins of the fort there is a remarkable spring of excellent water, ...