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Page 36
... stood out to sea . By twelve o'clock , at noon of that day , he was entirely clear of land . He steer- ed directly for Europe ; and on the seventh of No- vember following , he " arrived , " as the writer of the journal expresses it ...
... stood out to sea . By twelve o'clock , at noon of that day , he was entirely clear of land . He steer- ed directly for Europe ; and on the seventh of No- vember following , he " arrived , " as the writer of the journal expresses it ...
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... stood there , beholding him untill he was entred into the boate . This young man obserued , as we did also , that these are of colour inclining to blacke as the other were , with their flesh very shining , of meane stature , handsome ...
... stood there , beholding him untill he was entred into the boate . This young man obserued , as we did also , that these are of colour inclining to blacke as the other were , with their flesh very shining , of meane stature , handsome ...
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... stood away South and by East , sixe or eight leagues . Our sayle and shroudes did freeze . At eight in the morning it cleered vp , the winde being at North - east and by East , with much winde wee were hardly able to maintayne a sayle ...
... stood away South and by East , sixe or eight leagues . Our sayle and shroudes did freeze . At eight in the morning it cleered vp , the winde being at North - east and by East , with much winde wee were hardly able to maintayne a sayle ...
Page 63
... stood South - east and by South . This day wee had much winde and raine , we shorted sayle being neere the land . The fifteenth , in the morning it blowed so much winde at North- east , that wee were not able to maintayne any sayle , we ...
... stood South - east and by South . This day wee had much winde and raine , we shorted sayle being neere the land . The fifteenth , in the morning it blowed so much winde at North- east , that wee were not able to maintayne any sayle , we ...
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... stood East Nother- ly with a short sayle , to our feeling it was not so cold as before we had it . It was calme from noone to three of the clocke with fogge . After the winde came vp at East and East South - east , we steered away North ...
... stood East Nother- ly with a short sayle , to our feeling it was not so cold as before we had it . It was calme from noone to three of the clocke with fogge . After the winde came vp at East and East South - east , we steered away North ...
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