The Three Voyages of William Barents to the Arctic Regions (1594, 1595, and 1596)Veer, Gerrit de
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The Three Voyages of William Barents to the Arctic Regions (1594, 1595, and 1596)
Veer, Gerrit de
Barentsz, Willem, approximately 1550-1597; Northeast Passage
The 30 of June they sayled east north-east 7 [28] miles, till the sunne
was east south-east [about half-past six o’clock in the morning], [247]
with a north wind, with 2 schower sailes, [248] there they cast out
their lead, at 100 fadome deepth, but found no ground.
From whence the same day they sailed east north-east [249] 5 [20]
miles, till the sunne was full south [¾ past 10, A.M.], hauing the wind
north, with 2 schower sailes, where once againe they cast out the lead
100 fadome deepe, but found no ground; and then from noone to night
[250] the same day, they sailed east, and east and by north 13 [52]
miles, till the sunne was north-west [¼ past 7, P.M.], and there
casting out their lead, they had ground at 120 fadome, the ground being
oasie, [251] and blacke durt.
The 1 of July, after they had sailed one quarter [252] 4 [16] miles
east, and east and by north, early in the morning they cast out the
lead, and found ground at 60 fadome, where they had an oasie small
sandy ground; and within an houre after they cast out the lead againe,
and had ground at 52 fadome, being white sande mixed with blacke, and
some-what oasie: after that they had sailed 3 [12] miles east and by
north, where they had ground at 40 fadome, being gray sand mixed with
white. From thence they sailed 2 [8] miles east-ward, with a north
north-east winde, there they had ground at 38 fadome, being red sand
mixed with black, the sunne being south-east and by east [¼ past 7,
A.M.]. From thence they sailed 3 [12] miles, east and by south, and
east south-east til noone, where they had the sunne at 70 degrees and
¾, [253] there they cast out the lead againe, and had ground at 39
fadome, being small gray sand, mixed with blacke stippellen [254] and
pieces of shels.
Then againe they sailed 2 [8] miles south-east, and then woond [255]
northward with an east north-east wind, and after sailed 6 [24] miles
north-east all that day, [256] with a south-east wind, till the sunne
was north north-west [¼ past 9 P.M.], the weather being cold; and the
lead being cast foorth they found ground at 60 fadome, being small gray
oasie sand, mixed with a little blacke, and great whole shels: [257]
after that the same euening to the first quarter, [258] they sailed 5
[20] miles, east north-east, and north-east and by east, and after that
east north-east, and north-east and by east 5 [20] miles, vntill the
second of July in the morning, and there they had 65 fadome deepe, the
ground oasie with black slime or durt.
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