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 18 of August they set saile, and went forward west north-west, and
almost west and by north, and so sailed 12 [48] miles; and then west
and by south 6 [24] miles, and came to a sand of scarce 5 fadome deepe,
with a north-west wind; and in the evening they wound northward, and
sailed east north-east 7 [28] or 8 [32] miles, the wind being
northerly; and then they wound westward, and sailed till the 19 of
August in the morning, west 2 [8] miles; then 2 [8] miles south-west,
and after that 2 [8] miles south-east; there they wound west-ward
againe, and sailed till evening with a calme, and after that had an
east winde, and at first sailed west north-west, and north-west and by
west 6 [24] or 7 [28] miles, and had ground at 12 fadome: then till the
20 of August in the morning, they sayled west north-west, and
north-west and by west, 7 [28] miles with an easterly wind; and then
againe sailed west north-west, and north-west and by west 7 [28] miles;
then west north-west 4 [16] miles, and draue [379] forward till euening
with a calme: after that they sailed west north-west and north-west and
by west 7 [28] miles, and in the night time came to a sand of 3 fadome
deepe right against the land, and so sailed along by it, first one mile
north, then 3 [12] miles north north-west, and it was sandy hilly land,
and many points: [380] and then sailed on forward with 9 or 10 fadome
deepe, along by the land till noone, being the 21 of August, north-west
5 [20] miles; and the west point of the land, called Candinaes, [381]
lay north-west [382] from them 4 [16] miles.
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