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 September in the morning, wee lost the sight of the pinnace
that followed vs, and till noone sought after her, but wee could not
finde her, and sailed [540] east-ward 3 [12] miles, and from noone till
night wee sailed north and by east foure [16] miles. And from Munday at
night till Tuesday in the morning, north-east and by north, seuen [28]
miles; and from morning till noone, north-east and by north, 4 [16]
miles; and from noone till night, north-east, [541] 5 [20] or 6 [24]
miles, at 55 fadome deepe; the same euening wee woond south-ward, and
sailed so till morning.
The 20 of September, wee sayled south and by west and south south-west,
7 [28] or 8 [32] miles, at 80 fadome deepe, black slimie ground; from
morning till noone wee sailed with both our marsh sailes, [542]
south-west and by west 5 [20] miles, and from noone to night west and
by south 5 [20] miles.
The 21 of September from night [543] till Thurseday in the morning, wee
sayled one quarter [544] west, and so till day, still west, 7 [28]
miles, at 64 fadome deepe, oasie ground.
From morning till noone, south-west 5 [20] miles, at 65 fadome deepe,
oasie ground: at noone wee wound north-ward againe, and for three
houres sayled north-east two [8] myles: then we wound westward againe,
and sayled till night, while halfe our second quarter was out, [545]
with two schoure sayles, [546] south south-west and south-west and by
south sixe [24] myles. After that, in the second quarter, wee wound
north-ward, and sayled so till Fryday in the morning.
The 22 of September wee sayled north and by east and north north-east 4
[16] miles: [547] and from morning till noone, north-east, 4 [16]
myles. Then wee wound west-ward againe, and sayled north-west and by
west and north-west three [12] miles. After that, the first quarter,
[548] north-west and by west, fiue [20] miles; the second quarter, west
and by north, foure [16] miles; and till Saterday in the morning, being
the 23 of September, west south-west and south-west and by west, foure
[16] miles. From Saterday in the morning till euening wee sayled with
two schoure sailes, [549] south-west and south-west and by west, 7 [28]
or 8 [32] miles, the winde being north north-west. In the euening we
wound north-ward, and sayled till Sunday in the morning, being the 24
of September, with two schoure sayles, very neare east, with a stiffe
north north-west wind, 8 [32] miles; and from morning till noone, east
and by south, three [12] miles, with a north winde. Then we wound
west-ward, and till euening sayled west south-west three [12] miles;
and all that night till Monday in the morning, the 25 of September,
west and by south, sixe [24] miles, the winde being north. In the
morning the wind fell north-east, and we sailed from morning till
euening west and west and by north, 10 [40] miles, hauing 63 fadome
deepe, sandy ground.
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