. A voyage round the world [microform] : but more particularly to the north-west coast of America, performed in 1785, 1786, 1787 and 1788, in the King George and Queen Charlotte, Captains Portlock and Dixon : dedicated, by permission to Sir Joseph Banks, Voyages round the world; Botany; Botanique. 164. 1787. Way, ' i'. A VOYAGE TO THE we had light variable airs. Great numbers of whales were feen in almoft every dire6lion, but particularly towards the land. Our meridian altitude gave 59 deg. 48 min. North latitude. Cape Hinchinbrooke bore North 65 deg. Weft, about twelve leagues 'dirtant
. A voyage round the world [microform] : but more particularly to the north-west coast of America, performed in 1785, 1786, 1787 and 1788, in the King George and Queen Charlotte, Captains Portlock and Dixon : dedicated, by permission to Sir Joseph Banks, Voyages round the world; Botany; Botanique. 164. 1787. Way, ' i'. A VOYAGE TO THE we had light variable airs. Great numbers of whales were feen in almoft every dire6lion, but particularly towards the land. Our meridian altitude gave 59 deg. 48 min. North latitude. Cape Hinchinbrooke bore North 65 deg. Weft, about twelve leagues 'dirtant, and the Soutli Weft point of Montague Ifland South 63 deg. Weft. At fcven in the afternoon we faw Kaye's Ifland, which bore North 40 deg. Eaft j we ftill had light airs, with intervening calms. Our latitude on the 16th, at noon, was 59 deg. 28 min. North J and the longitude 145 deg. 20 min. Weft. Kaye's Ifland bore North 12 deg. Eaft. We had foundings from fifty to eighty fathcai water, over a muddy bottom. In the evening, the wind fliifting to the Eaftward, we tacked at ten o'clock, and ftretched to the Southward durmg the night. We founded at midnight, with a line of k|o fathom, but found no bottom. During the 17th and i8th, we had light variable winds, with intervening calms; thc^ weather tolerably fine. In the afternoon of the 18th, we faw Mount St. Elias, which at eight o'clock bore North 29 deg. Eaft j and the South point of Kaye's Ifland Weft. In the afternoon of the 19th a ftrong breeze came on at Eaft North Eaft, and a heavy fwell fet in from the Southward. This occafioned us to double-reef the top-fails j but towards evening, the weather grew moderate. The greateft part of the 20th, we had light baffling winds, with frequent calms; our latitude at noon was 59deg. 9 min. North; and our longitude 143 deg. 34 min. Weft. Mount St, Elias bore North by Eaft. At eight o'clock in the evening, a breeze luckily fprung. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned
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