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
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From 12. to foure a clocke afternoone, the wind at South, a faire gale the
shippe sailed West and by North 6. leagues, and at the ende of this watch,
I sounded hauing 60. fathome, with little stones and shels, the Island from
vs 8. leagues East.
[Sidenote: July the first.] The first of Iuly, from 4. to 8. a clocke, wee
sailed West 4. glasses 4. leagues, and at that present we had so much winde
that we spooned afore the sea Southwest 2. leagues.
The 3. day we found our Compasse to bee varied one point to Westwards: this
day from 4. to 8. a clocke we sailed West and by North 6 leagues.
From 8. to 12. a clocke at noone West and by North 4. leagues. [Sidenote:
The Compasse varying Westwards one point.] At that present I found our
compasse to be varied 11 deg. and one 4. part to the Westwards, which is
one point.
[Sidenote: The Island of Friseland.] The 11. day at a Southeast sunne we
had sight of the land of Friseland bearing from vs West northwest 16.
leagues, and rising like pinacles of steeples, and all couered with snowe.
I found my selfe in 61. degr. of latitude. Wee sailed to the shoare and
could finde no ground at 150. fathoms, we hoised out our boate, and the
Captaine with 4. men rowed to the shoare to get on land, but the land lying
full of yce, they could not get on land, and so they came aboord againe: We
had much adoe to get cleare of the yce by reason of the fogge. Yet from
Thursday 8. a clocke in the morning to Friday at noone we sailed Southwest
20. leagues.
The 18. day at a Southwest sunne I found the sunne to be eleuated 33. deg.
And at a Southsoutheast sunne 40. deg. So I obserued it till I found it at
the highest, and then it was eleuated 52. deg. [Sidenote: The variation of
the needle two points and a halfe to the West.] I iudged the variation of
the Compasse to be 2. points and a halfe to the Westward.
[Sidenote: A great drift of yce.] The 21. day we had sight of a great drift
of yce, seeming a firme land, and we cast Westward to be cleare of it.
[Sidenote: The latitude of 62. degrees 2. min.] The 26. we had sight of a
land of yce: the latitude was 62. degrees, and two minutes.
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