. A voyage of discovery to the North Pacific Ocean [microform] : in which the coast of Asia, from the lat. of 35@ north to the lat. of 52@ north, the island of Insu (commonly known under the name of the land of Jesso), the north, south and east coasts of Japan, the Lieuchieux and the adjacent isles, as well as the coast of Corea, have been examined and surveyed : performed in His Majesty's sloop Providence and her tender, in the years 1795, 1796, 1797, 1798. Providence (Ship); Providence (Navire); Scientific expeditions; Expéditions scientifiques. TO THE NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN. i:. llioin in one
. A voyage of discovery to the North Pacific Ocean [microform] : in which the coast of Asia, from the lat. of 35@ north to the lat. of 52@ north, the island of Insu (commonly known under the name of the land of Jesso), the north, south and east coasts of Japan, the Lieuchieux and the adjacent isles, as well as the coast of Corea, have been examined and surveyed : performed in His Majesty's sloop Providence and her tender, in the years 1795, 1796, 1797, 1798. Providence (Ship); Providence (Navire); Scientific expeditions; Expéditions scientifiques. TO THE NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN. i:. llioin in one hoarinu; N. AiT K. and S. iO' W. The chap. N. \V. point li'll al)ruj)tly to the tea, witli ibiiio ^ââ» Icattt'ird ofl' it; and the N. K. point bon* S. 30' E. lour Odubcr. or live miles. 'J'he other ilhuid bore iVoni S. 'Mi" E. to S. (»() K. tin'ee oi' loiw h^acjues. The eaiiern point runs out into low land, but the wellern point lonncd a hii^h ruijfged liiutVhcad. 'J'he j)alVa!;e l)etwccn tiiefe Hlands is perfec^tly clear to all a|)pearancc, but the abteiure of the boat prevented our proving it. At 7h. .'30' we had the plealure to Tee her returning, and we ke[)t our wind to the N. W\ The night was calm ; and in the morning we had the at S, S. E., with thick, hazy, threatening weather, which induced me to ftand to the S. W. At '21 h. :30 Marukan Ibuth jKjint bore S. 26° E. Strong breezes, with foggy and threatening wcather> made us expect anotluN" gale, in which we were not d(^ceived. At .'3 h. .'30 \\c l'a\v Round Ifland, bearing S. 10° W. ; and the gale increaling, we pafled it at .11 h. ^0' to the eaftward, leaving another fmall illand to the Eaft, bearing from Round Illand S. 4j° E., which makes in two hununocks. At 7 h. 30' being clear of the iilands, we furled the forefail, and brought to under the ftorm ftay-fails, in R 2 a very i8lh. J â 1 i ( IH I:. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that m
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