An account of several late voyages and discoveries

to t he Streights of l\,Jagelian. 8 f butthey are vcerable, :md are givcn to blow hnrd onthe Weficrn Quarter, and rain much. The Mouth of thc Harbour of Balda11ia on thc Coaíl of Chile, in the South-Sea, licth in the La.. ütudc of 3 y d. 5 6 m. South. And in Loogitudc Wefi , from thc Li~,1,d of 1gla11d 7 o d. 1 9 m. Aod in Longitude Eaíl, from Cape Pillar 2 d. 1111, And in Meridian , diílance from Cape PiUar, fr, 41 leag. 2.mil . +--. The Account I make by my faiJing from the ieridian of the Lh.ard, according to my daily ccount of mf Ships way. I do not make any ccount of pfain Sailing to be fit for Seamen to terve; but the befi Navigation is by Mercator, "ling according to the Circle of the Globe , hicb I cver fail'd by, ami keep my Account of fring and Wefüng by Longitude,which is rhe beil: moft ccrt;-Ün Sailing,to gí ve. the true defcripti- of the Globe. I have noted clown che !v!eridian anee! made daily, whcrc.:by foch Navigators Seamcn as know becter , ma y have tlt~t to ·e thcm the knowledge of the difümccs of ces, according to thcir Unrierilanding. l',1 oft our Navigators in this Age fail by the IJJain rt, and kcep their ,-\ccounts of the Ships way ordingly, although they fail m~ar the Poles ; 1 ich is the greatoft Errour that can be commit- ; for they cannot tell how to find the wa y e again, by reafon of thcir mifiake ; as I ve fome in thc Ship with me now that are in famc Errour, fer want of Underfianding the G 3 true