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Page 63
... twelue leagues . The nineteenth , we steered away North North - east six- teene leagues . At noone wee had raine with fogge . From twelue to foure we steered North North - east eight leagues , and did account our selues in seuentie ...
... twelue leagues . The nineteenth , we steered away North North - east six- teene leagues . At noone wee had raine with fogge . From twelue to foure we steered North North - east eight leagues , and did account our selues in seuentie ...
Page 65
... twelue leagues . It was a mayne high Land , nothing at all couered with snow : and the North part of that mayne high Land was very high Mountaynes , but we could see no snow on them . We accounted by our obseruation the part of the ...
... twelue leagues . It was a mayne high Land , nothing at all couered with snow : and the North part of that mayne high Land was very high Mountaynes , but we could see no snow on them . We accounted by our obseruation the part of the ...
Page 66
... twelue at mid - night , the wind came vp at South - west , we steered away North , being reasonable cleere weather . The foure and twentieth , in the morning about two of the clocke , the Masters mate thought he saw Land on the Larboord ...
... twelue at mid - night , the wind came vp at South - west , we steered away North , being reasonable cleere weather . The foure and twentieth , in the morning about two of the clocke , the Masters mate thought he saw Land on the Larboord ...
Page 68
... twelue of the clocke this night it cleered vp , and we found that we were betweene the Land and the Ice ; Vogel Hooke then bearing nearest hand East off vs. Then we tacked about , and stood in for the shoare , hauing Sea - roome between ...
... twelue of the clocke this night it cleered vp , and we found that we were betweene the Land and the Ice ; Vogel Hooke then bearing nearest hand East off vs. Then we tacked about , and stood in for the shoare , hauing Sea - roome between ...
Page 69
... twelue of the clocke ; hauing sayled in that course 10 leagues , and finding the Ice to fall from vs to the , we gave thankes to God , who mar- uellously preserved vs from so many dangers , amongst so huge a quantitie of Ice and Fogge ...
... twelue of the clocke ; hauing sayled in that course 10 leagues , and finding the Ice to fall from vs to the , we gave thankes to God , who mar- uellously preserved vs from so many dangers , amongst so huge a quantitie of Ice and Fogge ...
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