The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 10: Asia, Part IIIHakluyt, Richard
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The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 10: Asia, Part III
Hakluyt, Richard
Discoveries in geography -- English; Voyages and travels
The 12. of Februarie wee hoised anker, and set sayle out of the great Bay
of Antongill, being well prouided of all necessaries, we put out with a
North wind, the Bay stretching Northeast and Southwest: The 2. of March we
had a West winde, our course being East and East and by North towards Iaua.
In March and Aprill about the Islande of Brandawe, we found that our
Compasses helde two Strikes to farre Northwarde, and we coulde not perceiue
the sands that are set downe in the Portingalles sea Cards, but we saw many
turnings of streames, and we were much troubled, with calmes, but with the
new Moone we had winde enough out of the West and North West. The 27. of
May we found the water abord our shippes to bee much lessened, and
therefore euery mans portion was but halfe as much as he was wont to haue;
so that each man was allowed but foure draughts euery day, which was but a
small quantitie. Whereby through the extreame heat we endured great thirst,
so that at that time a draught of water abord our ship was worth a Riall of
8. The first of Iuly we saw the Islande of Emgano, whereat we much
reioyced, because of the great thirst wee endured in our shippe, and when
wee made neerer to it, we perceyued it to be an Islande lying before the
straightes of Sonda, vnder 9. degrees on the South side of the line.
The sixt of Iuly we put somewhat nearer to the land, and there we saw sixe
or seuen canoes, lying vnder the shore but farre off, and durst not make
toward vs: in the end we manned out a shalop and rowed to land, but they
made from vs, and when our men were hard by the shore, there we saw about
40. or 50. of them standing vpon the shore with their bowes; wherewith our
men durst not land, for they seemed to be a cruell kind of people, and
altogether wild, for they went all naked, not hauing any thing before their
priuy members. They were of a reddish colour, but when our men saw no
aduantage they turned again vnto their shippes.
The seuenth of Iuly we saw the point of the land of Sumatra, which is a
verie high land descending downewarde with a long end.
The 11. of the same Month we were close vnder the land, where there lay an
Island, and there we ankered.
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