An account of several late voyages and discoveries
, t 4 Sir John Narbrough's V~yage r-.1y Courfe 1 madc true from Tttefday Noon till to Day Noo11, is South; diftancc failcd 8 Miks, :ind rhc diffcrcncc of Latitudc is 1 d. 1 4 111. 8 tem. Lar. by good Obfcrvarion of thc su! on thc Mcridfan s I d. 3 1 m. South. Mcridi:ln d:. llanee from Point Ga!lcry, W cft 70 lea.g. 1 wi/, 5 tent. Longitud,.: at Noon from Point Gallen ,v d} 4 d. 48 m. 4 ten. Longitudc at Noon fro~ thc Lizard, W en 75 d. 8 m. 4. ten. Mcridiaa ~ifiam..:c from rhc Liza,-d, ,v cft 1178 Lcagucs 1 Mil e 5 Tcnrhs. Friday, ,¡mmary 6. H~f9', f~ggy ,vcath. this Morning, the \:Vindar W. S. W. a fiom Galc 1 ftcCl'cd in fot to makc thc four Iflands, which callcd rhc l_fles of Direéf ion, or to makc Ctzpe D1 fiade: M y Courfc was E. N. E. by my Compaf rhc Nights bcing hut fborr, and light; for 1 tvtoon was ar the full, fo that I could fec a.t fo time a Lcaguc bcforc us. · At four of the Clock this Morning, it bci fair day-Jight, I caufed the lead to be c::tH fo but could not gct groun<l at cighty Fathom: rcckon niyfclf about ten Lca&ucs from Cape fiadc, and on rhe latirnde ot 5 2 d. n m. Sou A litde pafi: four of thc Clock, it cle:ircd up thc Eaft 1 ¡orizon; wc lookcd wcll abroad> • fuw rhc four Hles, called 7J.,e Dfre{!ions, which atthc Mouth ofthc Strcighrs N. N. W. f~·omC ])ejiade, difiancc from tl~encc ahout 8 LcJg Thcfc lflands madc in tour Hommaccou, J, Hay-cocks, whc:n I faw thcm; rhey bc::1r N. of me, diíbnt about 4 Lcagucs; thcy lil' in Larimdc of 5 2 d. 42 111. and ar fivcof rhcC
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