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Page 46
... againe towards the north , where wee found our selves trou- bled with the like difficultie . At length , being in despaire to find any porte , wee cast anchor upon the coast and sent our boate to shore , where we saw great store of ...
... againe towards the north , where wee found our selves trou- bled with the like difficultie . At length , being in despaire to find any porte , wee cast anchor upon the coast and sent our boate to shore , where we saw great store of ...
Page 48
... againe . The sea is calme , not boysterous , the waues gentle , and although all the shoare be somewhat sholde and without harborough , yet is it not dangerous to the saylers , being free from rocks and deepe , so that within 4 or 5 ...
... againe . The sea is calme , not boysterous , the waues gentle , and although all the shoare be somewhat sholde and without harborough , yet is it not dangerous to the saylers , being free from rocks and deepe , so that within 4 or 5 ...
Page 55
... againe . They are very liberal , for they give that which they haue ; we became great friends with these , and one day we entred into the haven with our ship , whereas before we rode a league off at sea , by reason of the contrary ...
... againe . They are very liberal , for they give that which they haue ; we became great friends with these , and one day we entred into the haven with our ship , whereas before we rode a league off at sea , by reason of the contrary ...
Page 69
... againe , and trended it as it lay betweene the West and South South - east . The third , we had obseruation 78 degrees 33 minutes . This day wee had our shrouds frozen , it was searching cold , we also trended the Ice , not knowing ...
... againe , and trended it as it lay betweene the West and South South - east . The third , we had obseruation 78 degrees 33 minutes . This day wee had our shrouds frozen , it was searching cold , we also trended the Ice , not knowing ...
Page 70
... againe entred into a Blacke Sea , which by proofe we found to be an open passage . Now hauing the winde at North North - east , we steered away South and by East , with purpose to fall with the Southermost part of this Land : which we ...
... againe entred into a Blacke Sea , which by proofe we found to be an open passage . Now hauing the winde at North North - east , we steered away South and by East , with purpose to fall with the Southermost part of this Land : which we ...
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