An account of several late voyages and discoveries

the Streight1 of MagcUan. 7 1 thorns, and hut littlc Tidc , or any rjpfing as I láw,but a fair Channcl to foil throughout ; of threc Leagucs bro:id from rhc Norrh-thorc to thc Sourh– lhorc. It is hc!l for a Ship to kecp nearer the North·íllore than thc South-ihmc; for the Winds irc more genernUy of the Wcíl.ern Quarter. Cape J<i·o,vdrd. in MageUan Streip,hts, lies in the Latitudc of 5 3 tt. 5 2 m. South. And in Longitudc Wefi, from thc Liz.ard, in E11g!a11d 68 d. 4~ m. \Ve{l. And in Meridian diílance in Lcagucs 1099, and two Miles \Vc!l. . The Compafs hath íaxtecn degrccs of Variati– on Eaflcrly ar Cape Froward. As to the Firli– ning Points I cannot fay a11y thing; I wanted :1. ~~k. . Novem!Jer 4. 1670. I was in J;Vood's Bii_Y, calJ'd fo by my Mate's Name. Nt1vemher 5. l was a. brcfi qf Cape 1-lofland; near which lies C7íJe Co– w,hJ' and Antlrew's Bay, alío Corde's and Fojlcue's Bay, Cape and Port Galla»t: hut tor a more cxaét Situation of the foveral Promoncorie ,,Bays,Port~, Rivulets, Sounding~, &c. I refer th~ Reader to tbe large Draught of the Mage!lan Streig,hts, drawn by my own Hand on the placu. A-breil of the Bay, two Leagues off, is the J ílanc.l l'hich I call'd Charlel s/fiandand MonmoutJ/s Jj/anJ; re to the \Veílward is 1ames's lf/11,,J, and R11- ert's Ifland, and the Lord Arlingt-or/~ l/land, and he Earl of S1111dwicl/s l}land, and Secrerary í-Vrol ... ~anti: this Reach I call'd Engli/h Re,,ch; a eaguc more to thc Weílward of Foflc11e's Bay, 1:.; ipe GaUant. F ,¡