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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

Name: Account of a voyage of discovery to the west coast of Corea, and the great Loo-Choo Island
Author: Hall, Basil

Hall, Basil

Korea -- Description and travel; Ryukyu Islands -- Description and travel

|       |    |    |       |  Pe-che-lee.   |
|29 .76 | 76 | 77 |       |                |
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|29 .76 |    |    |       |                |
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|29 .74 | 75 | 77 |SE by S|                |
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  Mid.|29 .82 | 74 | 73 |S by E |                |
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 -----+-------+----+----+-------+-------+--------+-------------------------------
|       |    |    |       |       |        |
|       |    |    |       |       |        |_Thursday, August 22, 1816._
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|29 .80 |    |    |       |       |        |
|       |    |    |       |       |        |During the early part of the
|       |    |    |       |       |        |day we had a moderate breeze
|       |    |    |       |       |        |from the SE.
|29 .80 | 77 | 78 |       |       |        |
|       |    |    |       |       |        |
|29 .80 |    |    |       |       |        |
|       |    |    |       |       |        |
 Noon.|29 .74 | 80 | 78 |  SE   |       |        |
 -----+-------+----+----+-------+-------+--------+
|       |    |    |       |                |
|29 .74 |    |    |       | Off Cheatow,   |After noon it hauled to the
|       |    |    |       | Yellow Sea.    |Southward.
|29 .74 | 78 | 78 |       |                |
|       |    |    |       |                |
|29 .72 |    |    |       |                |
|       |    |    |       |                |
|29 .72 | 77 | 78 | SSE   |                |
|       |    |    |       |                |
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  Mid.|       |    |    |       |                |
 -----+-------+----+----+-------+-------+--------+-------------------------------
|       |    |    |       |       |        |_Friday, August 23, 1816._
|       |    |    |       |       |        |
|       |    |    |       |       |        |During the night the wind has
|29 .70 | 78 | 78 |  NE   |       |        |been moderate, and steady
|       |    |    |       |       |        |from the Southward.
|       |    |    |       |       |        |
|       |    |    |       |       |        |
|29 .70 | 80 | 78 |       |       |        |
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 Noon.|29 .72 | 81 | 78 |       |       |        |
      |       |    |-1/2|       |       |        |
 -----+-------+----+----+-------+-------+--------+
|       |    |    |       |                |

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