Works, Volume 79Kraus Reprint, 1967 - Geography |
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Page 53
... sail SSW , and especially when navigating at night . This Cabo do Seem is narrow and low , and provides anchorage with shelter from the E to the NW on its south side ; here in seven and eight fathoms , a gunshot from land , it is ...
... sail SSW , and especially when navigating at night . This Cabo do Seem is narrow and low , and provides anchorage with shelter from the E to the NW on its south side ; here in seven and eight fathoms , a gunshot from land , it is ...
Page 106
... sail SSW and will double Cabo de Santa Anna in eight or nine fathoms at a distance of six leagues from the shore ; but a large ship should steer SW when it will be in twelve and fifteen fathoms , and when it is in thirty fathoms it must ...
... sail SSW and will double Cabo de Santa Anna in eight or nine fathoms at a distance of six leagues from the shore ; but a large ship should steer SW when it will be in twelve and fifteen fathoms , and when it is in thirty fathoms it must ...
Page 129
... sail , for , if he does not , the furious wind these thunderstorms bring with them will either send his ship to the bottom or break its mast and rigging and carry away the sails . He who would sail from Mina to the Rio dos Forcados should ...
... sail , for , if he does not , the furious wind these thunderstorms bring with them will either send his ship to the bottom or break its mast and rigging and carry away the sails . He who would sail from Mina to the Rio dos Forcados should ...
Contents
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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