Account of a voyage of discovery to the west coast of Corea, and the great Loo-Choo IslandHall, Basil
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Account of a voyage of discovery to the west coast of Corea, and the great Loo-Choo Island
Hall, Basil
Korea -- Description and travel; Ryukyu Islands -- Description and travel
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27|July 7. |15 3|4 3 |3 50|13| |85 |85 | | |29.79|21 11 |114 | |
28|July 8. |14 6|3 49 |3 45| 4| |84-|82 | 2-| |29.72| | | |
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29|July 16.|15 3|3 27 |3 50| |23|79 |79 | | |29.75|24 37 |118 56| |
30|July 21.|15 3|3 44 |3 50| | 6|77-|76 | 1-| |29.78|34 |124 | 270 |
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31|July 23.|15 3|3 49 |3 50| | 1|77 |82 | |5 |29.78|35 |124 | |
32|July 23.|15 3|3 49 |3 50| | 1|77 |82 | |5 |29.78|35 |124 | |
33|July 23.|15 3|3 44 |3 50| | 6|77 |82 | |5 |29.78|35 |124 | |
35|July 27.|15 3|4 02 |3 50|12| |76 |76 | | |29.70|38 55 |118 50| 72 |
36|July 27.|13 |3 35 |3 33| 2| |76 |76 | | |29.70|38 55 |118 50| 78 |
37|July 28.|15 3|4 21 |3 50|31| |83 |84 | |1 |29.62|38 50 |118 00 20 |
38|July 28.|15 3|4 06 |3 50|16| |83 |84 | |1 |29.62|38 50 |118 00| 20 |
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18 |Weather hazy. The low land of Sumatra just visible. The land wind has |
|been blowing gently for about four hours. |
19 |East and west parts of the horizon observed. Coast of Sumatra just |
|visible. Hazy. The land-wind dying away. |
20 |The day has been extremely hot, and almost a calm. The sea-breeze not yet |
|set in, only a few light flaws. |
24 |A fresh breeze from WNW. The sun set in fiery dirty red clouds. Weather |
|squally, with occasional showers of rain. Parts of the horizon observed |
|east and west. |
25 |Weather remarkably fine; sky clear; and a gentle breeze from the south. |
|The sun set about five minutes after these observations were taken. |
|Parts of the horizon observed east and west. |
27 |The forenoon has been extremely hot and oppressive. A rolling swell from |
|the SW. |
28 |Parts of the horizon observed SSW and NNE, the first clear to seaward, |
| the other clear horizon, but the mainland of China behind it, and |
|various islands on each side of the NNE line. |
29 |Very hazy weather: sky fiery. |
30 |Clear weather, with a light breeze from the eastward. Sun set behind a |
|low range of dark clouds: sky in that quarter was unusually red. A long |
|swell from the northward.
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