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
The Busse of Bridgewater was left in Beares sound at Meta incognita, the
second day of September behinde the Fleete in some distresse, through much
winde, ryding neere the Lee shoare, and forced there to ride it out vpon
the hazard of her cables and anchors, which were all aground but two. The
third of September being fayre weather, and the winds North northwest she
set sayle, and departed thence, and fell with Frisland on the 8. day of
September at sixe of the clocke at night, and then they set off from the
Southwest point of Frisland, the wind being at East, and East Southeast,
but that night the winde veared Southerly, and shifted oftentimes that
night: but on the tenth day in the morning, the wind at West northwest
faire weather, they steered Southeast, and by south, and continued that
course vntil the 12. day of September, when about 11. a clocke before
noone, they descryed a lande, which was from them about fiue leagues, and
the Southermost part of it was Southeast by East from them, and the
Northermost next, North Northeast, or Northeast. The master accompted that
the Southeast poynt of Frisland was from him at that instant when hee first
descryed this new Islande, Northwest by North, 50. leagues. [Sidenote: The
Island in length 25 leagues. This Iland is in the latitude of 57. degrees
and 1 second part.] They account this Island to be 25. leagues long, and
the longest way of it Southeast, and Northwest. The Southerne part of it is
in the latitude of 57. degrees and 1 second part or there about. They
continued in sight of it, from the 12. day at a 11. of the clocke, till the
13. day three of the clocke in the afternoone, when they left it: and the
last part they saw of it, bare from them Northwest by North. [Sidenote: Two
harboroughs in this Island.] There appeared two Harboroughs vpon that
coast: the greatest of them seuen leagues to the Northwards of the
Southermost poynt, the other but foure leagues. There was very much yce
neere the same land, and also twenty or thirty leagues from it, for they
were not cleare of yce, till the 15. day of September after noone. They
plyed their Voyage homewards, and fell with the West part of Ireland about
Galway, and had first sight of it on the 25. day of September.
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Notes framed by M. Richard Hakluyt of the middle Temple Esquire, giuen to
certaine Gentlemen that went with M. Frobisher in his Northwest
discouerie, for their directions: And not vnfit to be committed to print,
considering the same may stirre vp considerations of these and of such
other things, not vnmeete in such new voyages as may be attempted
hereafter.
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