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
And then eighteene [72] miles more, east-ward, [399] till the tenth of
July in the euening; then we wound about againe and sailed south-west,
eight [32] miles, till the 11 of July, the sunne then being south-east
[½ p. 7 A.M.]
Then wee wound north and north and by east, about sixteene [64] miles,
till the twelue of July, [400] and then north and by west tenne [40]
miles.
The 13 of July wee wound about againe, and sailed south-west and west
south-west 10 [40] miles, till about three houres before euening; then
wee wound againe, and sailed north north-east 10 [40] miles, till the
14 of July, the sunne being south south-east [9 A.M.], and then north
and by east and north north-east 18 [72] miles, till the 15 of July in
the morning: after that north and by east 12 [48] miles vntill euening;
then wee saw Norway, and then wee sayled north and by east 18 [72]
miles, till the 16 of July in the euening; at that time the sunne being
north-west [½ p. P.M.]; and vpon the 17 of July, north-east and
north-east and by north, 24 [96] miles, till the sunne was in the west
[¾ p. 3 P.M.]
Then againe wee sayled north-east, [401] 20 [80] miles, till the 18 of
July, the sunne being north-west; from thence wee sayled north-west and
by north 18 [72] miles, till the 19 of July, when the sunne was west.
From thence againe we wound about, north-east and by north and
north-east, till the 20 of July, while sixe glasses were run out, in
the first quarter, [402] and then stayed for our pinnace, that could
not follow vs because the wind blew so stiffe: that quarter [403] being
out, we saw our company lying to lee-ward, [404] to stay for vs, and
when wee were gotten to them, wee helde our course (as before) till
euening and sailed about 30 [120] miles.
Then we sayled south-east and by east 26 [104] miles, till the 21 of
July in the euening, when we set our watch, and held on the same course
for 10 [40] miles till the 22 of July, the sun being south south-east
[9 A.M.]: the same euening, [405] the sun being south south-west [¾ p.
11 A.M.], we saw a great whale right before our bough, [406] that lay
and slept, which by the rushing of the ship that made towards it, and
the noyse of our men, awaked and swamme away, or els wee must haue
sailed full vpon her; and so wee sayled eight [32] miles, till the
sunne was north north-west [¼ p. 9 P.M.].
The twenty-third [407] of July wee sayled south-east and by south
fifteene [60] miles, till the sunne was south south-west and saw land
about foure [16] miles from vs. Then wee wound of from the land, when
the sunne was about south south-west, and sayled twentie-foure [96]
miles till euening, that the sunne was north-west. [408]
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