The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques & Discoveries of the English Nation: Made by Sea Or Overland to the Remote & Farthest Distant Quarters of the Earth at Any Time Within the Compasse of These 1600 Years, Volume 8J.M. Dent, 1907 |
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Page 138
... maine 8. fathome , 7. and 6. and never lesse then five fathome . There lies a ledge of rocks in the faire way , betwixt the yland and the maine , so that you must bee sure to borrow hard abord the maine , and leave the ledge on the ...
... maine 8. fathome , 7. and 6. and never lesse then five fathome . There lies a ledge of rocks in the faire way , betwixt the yland and the maine , so that you must bee sure to borrow hard abord the maine , and leave the ledge on the ...
Page 205
... maine land : and yet they know not perfectly what to make of it , but thinke that it may be part of that conti- nent which stretcheth to the Streights of Magellan ; for they coasted it to eighteene degrees and could not find the ende ...
... maine land : and yet they know not perfectly what to make of it , but thinke that it may be part of that conti- nent which stretcheth to the Streights of Magellan ; for they coasted it to eighteene degrees and could not find the ende ...
Page 251
... maine sea standing as it were in the middest of the sea betweene the maine land of Africa , and the maine of Brasilia and the coast of Guinea : And is in 15. degrees and 48. minuts to the Southward of the Equinoctiall line , and is ...
... maine sea standing as it were in the middest of the sea betweene the maine land of Africa , and the maine of Brasilia and the coast of Guinea : And is in 15. degrees and 48. minuts to the Southward of the Equinoctiall line , and is ...
Contents
The second voyage of M William Hawkins to Brasil 1532 | 14 |
The voyage of M Stephan Hare in the Minion of London | 22 |
A Voyage of two Englishmen to the river of Plate in the com | 44 |
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aboord admirall againe Amyas Preston anker Arica barke boate brought called Candish Canoas Cape Cape Blanco Cape Froward Captaine and Master caravel Chili clocke coast of Brasil comming countrey course day wee dayes degr degrees divers East Edward English Englishmen entred fadoms water farre fathoms fleete fresh water Generall golde governour harborough hath Iago Indians inhabited island Isle Item John King land latitude leagues letter lieth Luke Ward moneth morning Muscovy Company neere Negros North Northeast Northward Northwest peece Peru pinnesse Port Desire Port famine Portugall Portugals Ralph Fitch returne river of Plate Santos sayd sayle sent set saile shewed ship shippe shoare shore shot Sir Francis Drake souldiers South sea Spaine Spaniards standeth storme Streights of Magellan thence Thomas Thomas Cavendish towne tunnes unto victuals viii voyage warre wee departed wee found West wherein whereof whereupon winde yeere yland