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Page 61
... vnder the Horizon . For foure dayes space we made very little way by contrary winds . On Thursday the fourth of Iune , we were by our obseruation still in 61 degrees and 14 minutes , eight and twentie or thirtie leagues from the Norther ...
... vnder the Horizon . For foure dayes space we made very little way by contrary winds . On Thursday the fourth of Iune , we were by our obseruation still in 61 degrees and 14 minutes , eight and twentie or thirtie leagues from the Norther ...
Page 69
... vnder our Lee . We held on our course North - west till 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 ...
... vnder our Lee . We held on our course North - west till 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 ...
Page 73
... vnder the Keele of our ship , and made her held , yet by Gods mercie we had no harme , but the losse of the hooke and three parts of the line . At a South - west Sunne from the North- west and by North , a flood set into the Bay . At ...
... vnder the Keele of our ship , and made her held , yet by Gods mercie we had no harme , but the losse of the hooke and three parts of the line . At a South - west Sunne from the North- west and by North , a flood set into the Bay . At ...
Page 76
... vnder our Lee , and to the weatherward of vs distant from vs 12 leagues , being part of Newland . It is very high mountainous Land ; the highest that we had seene vntill now . As we sayled ncere it , we saw a Sound ahead of vs , lying ...
... vnder our Lee , and to the weatherward of vs distant from vs 12 leagues , being part of Newland . It is very high mountainous Land ; the highest that we had seene vntill now . As we sayled ncere it , we saw a Sound ahead of vs , lying ...
Page 77
... vnder our Lee , we sayling South - east and by East . Then the wind scanted : we cast about , and lay South - west and by West 2 leagues and a halfe till noone . Then it began to ouer - cast , and the wind to scant againe : we cast ...
... vnder our Lee , we sayling South - east and by East . Then the wind scanted : we cast about , and lay South - west and by West 2 leagues and a halfe till noone . Then it began to ouer - cast , and the wind to scant againe : we cast ...
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