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... steered a westerly course . About the middle of March he arrived on the Ame- rican coast , in latitude 34 ° north ; of consequence , near that part of North Carolina on which Wilming- ton now stands . From that point of the coast he pro ...
... steered a westerly course . About the middle of March he arrived on the Ame- rican coast , in latitude 34 ° north ; of consequence , near that part of North Carolina on which Wilming- ton now stands . From that point of the coast he pro ...
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... steered away North North - west with a fresh gale all the night at East . The twelfth , the winde was at East North - east , a stiffe gale , wee steered away as afore , and accounted wee had runne by this day noone thirtie leagues . In ...
... steered away North North - west with a fresh gale all the night at East . The twelfth , the winde was at East North - east , a stiffe gale , wee steered away as afore , and accounted wee had runne by this day noone thirtie leagues . In ...
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... steered all night North and by West , and sometimes North North - west . The fourteenth , being neere the Land we had Snow . At foure in the morning , the winde vering Northerly , we cast about and stood South - east and by South . This ...
... steered all night North and by West , and sometimes North North - west . The fourteenth , being neere the Land we had Snow . At foure in the morning , the winde vering Northerly , we cast about and stood South - east and by South . This ...
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... steered away North - east vntil the next day at noone , and sayled in that course twentie leagues . The twentieth , all the morning was a thick fogge with the winde at South : we steered North - east till noone . Then we changed our ...
... steered away North - east vntil the next day at noone , and sayled in that course twentie leagues . The twentieth , all the morning was a thick fogge with the winde at South : we steered North - east till noone . Then we changed our ...
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... steered our course North North - east , we thought we had embayed our selues , finding Land on our Larboord , and Ice vpon it , and many great pieces of Drift Ice : we steered away North - east , with dili- gent looking out euery cleere ...
... steered our course North North - east , we thought we had embayed our selues , finding Land on our Larboord , and Ice vpon it , and many great pieces of Drift Ice : we steered away North - east , with dili- gent looking out euery cleere ...
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