An account of several late voyages and discoveries
- 118 Sir John Narbrough'.r V~yage two Miles; and my Longitudc diffcrc:ncc from Cape Blanco to this Town is My Mcridian diíl:ancc from Cape Blanco to this Town is Lcagucs, Miles, Tcnths, E:1 1lino this Town, lying fo far to thc Eaíl:ward of th~ Cape. This D~iy thc Captain fcnt me a•. Jhorc 10 Puntelegada, to cnquirc Ncws from Eng/m 1 d whcther wc h:td '\Var, or Pcacc with an·. orhc; Nation, or not; and I was informcd by A,fr. Ri– chard Neucheu(on, th.u wc had \Var with nonc but thc Argea-Mcn. So I rcturncd a-board again' aml wc madc all thc Sail wc could for En"fand. ' . :, Tuefday., May 23. Fair ,vcathcr, and much \Vind at N. E. our Provifions bcing almofi done and but littc Water in thc Ship; wc borc up t~ go for Angria at thc Tercera!. May 24. Clofc, hafcy \V cathcr, anc;l a frdli Galc of Wind at N. E. and by N. This Forc– noon wc anchorcd in Angria Rodc, in r 6 Fachom :Water. F1·iday, May ,-6. Fair \V cathcr., and littk \Vind at N. E. This Forcnoon wc fct Sail outoi 'Angria-Rode, to go for England. Satm·day., June 10. 1671. ltwas hafcy, dirty \Veathcr, Wind at S. W. This Morning 1 fa11 Scilly, at fcvcn a Clock; ir borc N. E. by N. ot me, diíbnt about 5 Lcagucs ; and m; fix a Clock in thc Aftcrnoon thc Lizard borc North of me difbnt about 3 Lcagm:s. Now, I makc my dif. fcrencc of Longitudc~ from Cape Blancl,o to th Lizzard in Englllntt, to be 60 d. 45 111. :?·IC and my Mcridi.ln <liftance. is 840 Leagucs; I ;11 fo far to thc Eafiward of thc Cape. A Rc!a
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