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Page 66
... twentieth , in the morning we had an hard gale on head of vs , with much rayne that fell in very great drops , much like our Thunder showers in England ; wee tacked about and stood East Nother- ly with a short sayle , to our feeling it ...
... twentieth , in the morning we had an hard gale on head of vs , with much rayne that fell in very great drops , much like our Thunder showers in England ; wee tacked about and stood East Nother- ly with a short sayle , to our feeling it ...
Page 67
... twentieth , in the morning was close weather , we had our wind and held our course as afore . This day , our obseruation was 76 degrees 38 minutes , and we had Birds of the same sort as afore , and diuers other of that colour , hauing ...
... twentieth , in the morning was close weather , we had our wind and held our course as afore . This day , our obseruation was 76 degrees 38 minutes , and we had Birds of the same sort as afore , and diuers other of that colour , hauing ...
Page 68
... twentieth , was a hard gale of wind all the fore - noone betweene the South and the South- west . We shaped our course we did it to bee farther from the Ice and Land . It pleased God that about twelue of the clocke this night it cleered ...
... twentieth , was a hard gale of wind all the fore - noone betweene the South and the South- west . We shaped our course we did it to bee farther from the Ice and Land . It pleased God that about twelue of the clocke this night it cleered ...
Page 76
... twentieth , in the morning little wind : at eight this morning wee saw Land ahead of vs 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 ...
... twentieth , in the morning little wind : at eight this morning wee saw Land ahead of vs 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 ...
Page 77
... twentieth , all the fore - noone was very much wind at South , with raine and fogge . At foure this after - noone wee saw Land , bearing North- east of vs 6 leagues from vs. Then we had the wind at South South - west ; wee steered away ...
... twentieth , all the fore - noone was very much wind at South , with raine and fogge . At foure this after - noone wee saw Land , bearing North- east of vs 6 leagues from vs. Then we had the wind at South South - west ; wee steered away ...
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