The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques, and Discoveries of The English Nation — Volume 12: America, Part IHakluyt, Richard
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The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques, and Discoveries of The English Nation — Volume 12: America, Part I
Hakluyt, Richard
Discoveries in geography -- English; Voyages and travels
[Sidenote: The length of their day.] The Sunne setteth to them in the
Euening at a quarter of an houre after tenne of the clocke, and riseth
againe in the morning, at three quarters of an houre after one of the
clocke, so that in Sommer their Sunne shineth to them twenty houres and a
halfe, and in the night is absent three houres and a halfe. And although
the Sunne bee absent these 3. houres and a halfe, yet it is not darke that
time, for that the Sunne is neuer aboue three or foure degrees vnder the
edge of their Horizon; the cause is that the Tropicke of Cancer doth cut
their Horizon at very vneuen and oblique Angles.
[Sidenote: A full reuolution of the Moone aboue their Horizon.] But the
Moone at anytime of the yeere being in Cancer, hauing North latitude; doth
make a full revolution aboue their Horizon, so that sometime they see the
Moone about 24. houres togither. Some of our company of the more ignorant
sort, thought we might continually haue seene the Sunne and the Moone, had
it not bene for two or three high mountaines.
The people are now become so warie, and so circumspect, by reason of their
former losses, that by no meines we can apprehend any of them, although wee
attempted often in this last voyage. But to say trueth wee could not bestow
any great time in pursuing them, because of our great businesse in lading,
and other things.
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The Letters patents of the Queenes Maiestie, granted to Master Adrian
Gylbert and others, for the search and discouery of the Northwest Passage
to China.
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