Works, Volume 79Kraus Reprint, 1967 - Geography |
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Page 32
... half way to high tide ; northeast and southwest , high tide ; east and west , half way to ebb . Now it must be understood that when the moon is in the northwest and southeast the tide will be low on the coast of Spain , and when it is ...
... half way to high tide ; northeast and southwest , high tide ; east and west , half way to ebb . Now it must be understood that when the moon is in the northwest and southeast the tide will be low on the coast of Spain , and when it is ...
Page 33
... half full , and therefore the mariners say " north and south , half - flow , " for when the moon is in the north it makes the same tide ; when the sun and moon together are south by west the tide will be five - eighths full , and when ...
... half full , and therefore the mariners say " north and south , half - flow , " for when the moon is in the north it makes the same tide ; when the sun and moon together are south by west the tide will be five - eighths full , and when ...
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... half out at sea it is shallow , there being places where the depth is not more than two or three fathoms . When the wind is blowing strongly from the N or NE all these shallows break into foam , so that ships going to this land always ...
... half out at sea it is shallow , there being places where the depth is not more than two or three fathoms . When the wind is blowing strongly from the N or NE all these shallows break into foam , so that ships going to this land always ...
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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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