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" The entrance of the streight should not be attempted but with a fair wind and moderate weather, and upon the very beginning of the tide of flood, which happens here, at the full and change of the moon, about one or two o'clock; it is also best to keep... "
An Account of the Voyages Undertaken by the Order of His Present Majesty ... - Page 387
by John Hawkesworth - 1775 - 489 pages
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A General Collection of Voyages and Travels: Including the Most ..., Volume 13

William Fordyce Mavor - Discoveries in geography - 1813 - 368 pages
...found a moderate tide, the flood setting to the NW and the ebb to the SE At this place it is high water at the full and change of the moon, about one or two o'clock, and the water rises and falls perpendicularly about twelve feet. We saw smoke rising in many places...
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A general history and collection of voyages and travels, arranged ..., Issue 24

General history - 1814 - 798 pages
...a moderate tide, the flood setting to the NW and the ebb to the SE At this place, it is high water at the full and change of the moon, about one or two o'clock, and the water rises and falls perpendicularly about twelve feet. We saw smoke rising in many places...
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A General History of Voyages and Travels to the End of the 18th ..., Volume 13

Robert Kerr - 1815 - 534 pages
...a moderate tide, the flood setting to the NW and the ebb to the SE At this place, it is high water at the full and change of the moon, about one or two o'clock, and the water rises and falls perpendicularly about twelve feet. We saw smoke rising in many pinces...
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A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 13

Robert Kerr - Voyages and travels - 1815 - 550 pages
...a moderate tide, the flood setting to the NW and the ebb to the SE At this place, it is high water at the full and change of the moon, about one or two o'clock, and the water rises and falls perpendicularly about twelve feet. We saw smoke rising in many places...
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A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Arranged ..., Volume 12

Robert Kerr - Voyages and travels - 1824 - 524 pages
...be missed, though the appearance of that coast be not known. The entrance of the streight should not be attempted but with a fair wind and moderate weather, and upon the very beĀ»inningof the tide of flood, which happens here, at theĀ°full and change of the moon, about one...
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A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels: Arranged ..., Volume 13

Robert Kerr - Explorers - 1824 - 528 pages
...a moderate tide, the flood setting to the NW and the ebb to the SE At this place, it is high water at the full and change of the moon, about one or two o'clock, and the water rises and falls perpendicularly about twelve feet. We saw smoke rising in many places...
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The London encyclopaedia, or, Universal dictionary of ..., Part 2, Volume 13

Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 440 pages
...about fifteen miles long, and as many broad. According to Cook, the entrance of the straits should not be attempted, but with a fair wind and moderate weather,...full and change of the moon, about one or two o'clock : and it is best to keep as near to the Terra del I-'uezo shore as the winds will admit. MAISTRE (Louis...
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The Voyages of Captain James Cook: Illustrated with Maps and Numerous ...

James Cook - Oceania - 1842 - 636 pages
...be missed, though the appearance of that coast be not known. The entrance of the strait should not be attempted but with a fair wind and moderate weather,...beginning of the tide of flood, which happens here at time full and change of the moon, about one or two o'clock; it is also best to keep as near to the...
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The Voyages of Captain James Cook: Illustrated with Maps and Numerous ...

James Cook - Oceania - 1842 - 636 pages
...a moderate tide, the flood setting to the NW, and the ebb to the SE At this place, it is high water at the full and change of the moon, about one or two o'clock, and the water rises and falls perpendicularly about twelve feet. 'We saw smoke rising in many places...
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The new sailing directory for the Ethiopic or southern Atlantic ocean

John Purdy - Aids to navigation - 1844 - 534 pages
...be missed, though the appearance of that coast be not known. The entrance of the Strait should not be attempted but with a fair wind and moderate weather,...happens here, at the full and change of the moon, about 1 o'clock. It is always best to keep as near to the Tierra del Fuego shore as the winds will admit....
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