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Page 37
... anchor in twenty fathoms , half a league from land on a clean bottom ; when the wind is in the west they can ride at anchor to the east behind Almina on an equally clean bottom . Aqui mapa3 . Item . Since we have spoken of the two fair ...
... anchor in twenty fathoms , half a league from land on a clean bottom ; when the wind is in the west they can ride at anchor to the east behind Almina on an equally clean bottom . Aqui mapa3 . Item . Since we have spoken of the two fair ...
Page 53
... anchor on to a clean bottom , but a large ship should anchor farther out to sea . Item . Cabo do Seem and Tafetana lie N and S and occupy three leagues of the route . Tafetana is a very large cliff of rock as high as Cabo de Sam ...
... anchor on to a clean bottom , but a large ship should anchor farther out to sea . Item . Cabo do Seem and Tafetana lie N and S and occupy three leagues of the route . Tafetana is a very large cliff of rock as high as Cabo de Sam ...
Page 56
... anchor there in a creek in twenty fathoms on a clean bottom ; they should use both anchor and hawser and should neither pass beyond this road nor yet stop short of it , for the anchorage is at this exact spot . In Meca3 there are three ...
... anchor there in a creek in twenty fathoms on a clean bottom ; they should use both anchor and hawser and should neither pass beyond this road nor yet stop short of it , for the anchorage is at this exact spot . In Meca3 there are three ...
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The Second Book describing the discoveries | 103 |
The Third Book concerning the discoveries of King | 139 |
The Fourth Book containing the discoveries | 163 |
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