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| Posted On: | 01-Feb-2001 |
| From: | "david Evans" [dkevans.....edu] |
| Subject: | Re: [Roatan] submission |
Steve, in the bibliography The Bay Island Sourcebook, begining on page 51 under a section entitled MAPS AND SAILING DIRECTIONS are 16 entries, some of very old maps, and some a bit more modern. Here are ones that may be useful....a few of these are on sale in the Bay Islands: 1968 The Bay Islands, Roatan, The Bay Islands Company "A topographical map listing major peaks, etd; present highway and roads not listed. 1978 Haight, Jo and Julius M. Wilenskay Sketch Charts of the Bay Islands, Honduras. Stamford, Ct: Wescott Cove Publishing Company. [ I know of a 1991, Fifth Printing of these charts} In 1995 I wrote the following: "These charts are based on soundings and bearings taken at harbours and islands by experienced navigators, supplemented by local knowledge. One side of the chart illustrates the Bay Islands and a portion of the north coast of Honduras, as well as the enlarged western half of Roatan from Carib Point Bight to the west end of the island. The other side of the chart depicts the eastern portion of Roatan from Jonesville to Santa Helena, Morat and Barbareta. There are blown up charts on the same side depicting Cayos Cochinos, and the islands of Utila and Guanaja." These make excellent wall charts when framed, but of course you must have two copies to have a complete set on your wall. Hydrographic Center 1952 Fifth Edition. Sailing Directions for the East Coasts of Central America and Mexico. Defense Mapping Agency. "Descriptions and nautical data of the islands detailing of the dangers, depths, directions, and anchorages". U.S.Navy Hydrographic Office 1959 "Honduras, Bonacca Island" Chart No. 1643 Washington, D.C. 1962 "Honduras, Coxen Hole, Port Royal Harbour" Chart No. 0999 Washington, D.C. 1967 "Honduras, Isla de Utila, " Chart No.1641 Washington, D.C. Wilensky, Julius M. 1979 Cruising Guide to the Bay Islands. Stamford, Connecticut: Wescott Cove Publishing Company, 144 pages "This guide, including maps and charts, is a complete reference book to the harbors, economy, history, government, travel tipos, locations of supplies and services, etc. of the Bay Islands." [ I especially enjoyed this book, refreshed my memory, and taught me a good bit to boot] All the rest of the entries are of quite old charts, many in the early 18th Century. The earliest map that I have in my collection dates to 1740 and depicts the cahune (corosito) palm and guinea grass plantations that had been recently set out by the British about the same time they reintroduced a herd of hogs to Roatan to introduce "new blood" to the wild herds introduced by the buccaneers in the middle and late 17th Century, in the days John Coxon (later spelled Coxen) was based at what is now Coxen Hole on Roatan from 1687 until he vanished into the Pacific in 1697, after carrying out during that decade some truly spectacular raids on Spanish shipping and Colonial seaports on both the Caribbean and the Pacific side of Central America. All the best....dke ==================== Please visit us at our Overseas Research Center Roatan Island Website http://www.wfu.edu/~dkevans http://www.roatanet.com | |
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