Excerpt from Sailing Directions for the Circumnavigation of England, and for a Voyage to the Straits of Gibraltar (From a 15th Century Ms.: Edited, With an Account of the Ms. Be like and Be lile - The island of Belle Ile, between 9 and 10 miles long and 3 or 4 miles broad. This island is lofty and steep, spacious and fertile, and its deeply indented coast affords shelter and anchorage to navigators. Its name therefore is appropriate. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.