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
Then we sailed east north-east till the 6 of August, when wee had the
sunne west north-west [5 P.M.], and then Isbrandt, the uize-admiral,
came to vs with his ship, and so bating some of our sayles, [423] wee
sayled about 10 [40] miles.
Then wee hoysed vp our sayles againe, [424] till the sunne was
north-west, and after that halde vp againe [425] with an east and east
north-east wind, and sailed south and by west with a stiffe gale till
the 7 of August, that the sunne was south-east; then there came a ship
of Enckhuysen out of the White Sea, and then we esteemed that wee had
sailed about 8 [32] miles.
The sunne being south [¾ p. 10 A.M.], the North Cape lay south-west and
by south from vs about a mile and a halfe [6 miles], and the Mother and
her Daughters south-west from vs about 3 [12] miles; then hauing an
east and by north wind we wound about, and held our course north and by
east, and sailed 14 [56] miles till the 8 of August, when the sunne was
south-west [1 P.M.]; then we wound south and by east, and so held her
course till the 9 of August, that the sunne was south; and then we saw
a high point of land south-east from vs, and another high point of land
south-ward, [426] about 4 [16] miles from vs, as we gest, [427] and so
we sailed about 14 [56] miles: and then againe we wound north-east and
by north, till the 10 of August, the sun being east [½ p. 4 A.M.], and
sailed about 8 [32] miles; after that we wound south-ward againe, till
the sunne was north-west [½ p. 7 P.M.], and sailed, as we gest, 10 [40]
miles.
Then wee wound about againe, when the North Cape lay west and by south
from vs about 9 [36] miles, the North-kyen [428] being south and by
west from vs about 3 [12] miles, and sailed north north-east till the
11 of August, in very mistie weather 10 [40] miles, till the sunne was
south [¾ p. 10 A.M.]
From thence wee wound about againe, with an east north-east wind, and
sailed south-east and by south 8 [32] miles, till the sunne was
south-west [1 P.M.] vpon the 12 of August; then the North-kyen lying
south-west and by south from vs about 8 [32] miles, we lay and draue at
sea, in calme weather, [429] till the 13 of August, when the sunne was
south south-west [¾ p. 11 A.M.], and in that time sailed about 4 [32]
miles.
Then we sailed south-east and by east about 4 glasses, [430] and the
Iron-hogge with her companie (being marchants) [431] took their course
south-ward, and wee sailed till the 14 of August (when the sunne was
south) about 18 [72] miles, and from thence for the most part held one
course till the 15 of August, the sunne being east, and there we cast
out the lead and found 70 fadome deepe, and sailed 38 [152] miles till
the sunne was south.
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