The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques, and Discoveries of The English Nation, Vol. XII., America, Part I. eBook

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The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques, and Discoveries of The English Nation, Vol. XII., America, Part I. eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 541 pages of information about The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques, and Discoveries of The English Nation, Vol. XII., America, Part I..
24 e. by s. 20 s. 
  This day the people came to vs off the shore, and bartered with vs.  Being
  within the Isle, and not finding good ankorage, we bare off again into
  the sea.
          14 24 w. by n. 11 67 50 s. 
  The true course, &c.
          15 24 w.s.w. 5 67 45 e. 
  The true course, &c.  This day a great current set vs West 6 points from
  our course.
          16 24 s.w. by w. 23 67 10 s.
                  westerly
  The true course, &c.  This day we fell with a mighty banke of ice West of
  vs. 
Noone the 18 48 s. by w. 30 65 33 n. fog. 
  The true course, &c.  Collected by diuers experiments.
          19 24 w. 13 65 30 s. fog.
                  southerly
  The true course, &c.  This 19 of Iuly at one a clocke in the afternoone we
  had sight of the land of Mount Ralegh, and by 12 of the clocke at night
  wee were thwart the Streights which (by Gods helpe) I discouered the
  first yere.
          20
  The 20 day wee trauersed in the mouth of the sayd Streights with a
  contrary winde, being West and faire weather.
          23
  This 23 day at 2 of the clocke in the afternoone, hauing sailed 60
  leagues Northwest, we ankered among an huge number of Isles lying in the
  bottome of the sayd supposed passage, at which place the water riseth 4
  fadome vpright.  Here as we rode at anker, a great whale passed by vs, and
  swam West in amongst the isles.  In this place a S. W. by W. moone maketh
  a full sea.  Here the compasse varied 30 degrees.
          24
  The 24 day at 5 of the clocke in the morning we set saile, departing from
  this place, and shaping our course S.E. to recouer the maine Ocean
  againe.
          25
  This 25 we were becalmed almost in the bottome of the Streights, and had
  the weather maruellous extreme hot.
          26 s.e. 
  This day being in the Streights, we had a very quicke storme.
          27 s. 
  Being still in the Streight, we had this day faire weather. 
Noone the 29 64
  At this present we got cleere of the Streights, hauing coasted the South
  shore, the land trending from hence S. W. by S.
Noone the 30 s.s.w. 22 63
  This day we coasted the shore, a banke of ice lying thereupon.  Also this
  30 of Iuly in the afternoone we crossed ouer the entrance or mouth of a
  great inlet or passage, being 20 leagues broad, and situate betweene 62
  and 63 degrees.  In which place we had 8 or 9 great rases, currents or
  ouerfals, lothsomly crying like the rage of the waters vnder London
  bridge, and bending their course into the sayd gulfe. 
Noone the 31 24 s. by w. 27 62 n.w. 
  This 31 at noone, comming close by a foreland
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