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Schomburgck, Robert H : Remarks On The Heavy Swell Along Some Of The West-India Islands, Commonly Called Ground Or North Sea, And On The Set And Velocity Of The Tides And The Effects Produced By Their Transporting Power Among The Virgin Islands

John Murray, London, 1835

8vo. 16pp extract, illustrated with a folding map, sized 8 x 17 inches, titled The Virgin Islands Showing the Set of the Tide, faded damp-staining mostly at fore margin, final page-only was damaged, and is here presented in reproduction such that the article is complete, salvaged from a damaged issue of The Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London, Volume V. A paper read before the Royal Geographic Society, January 26, 1835. From the opening paragraph, "The influx of the tide from the sea, near the mouths of large rivers, counteracts their current, and by forcing back their waters occasions a swell which has been called the bore or mascaret. Where the river near the mouth is almost level with the sea, the collision of the contending waters is sometimes tremendous, and causes a wave of twelve or fifteen feet in height of quite a different nature, but equally dangerous in its effects, is the heavy swell that may be observed occasionally along the northern coasts of some of the West India Islands; and which has been called by the inhabitants the 'Ground,' or, in Jamaica, the 'North Sea.'" Housed in protective mylar report cover. Very scarce.. Book. Book Condition: VG. Binding: Soft cover

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