. A chronological history of the discoveries in the South Sea or Pacific Ocean ; illustrated with charts. Jaws Ji/a?2rf bore NVV, about St. Jan. • -1 J- i. i. SIX miles The 31st, very light wind East. We held our course West. * The Groene Islands are level land and near to each other, so that when seenfrom a distance, in many directions they appear as one Island, In CaptainCarterets Voyage (a. d. 1767) they are defcribed as a single Island, and namedSir Charles Hardy s Island. It is to be obferved that Captain Carteret saw andpassed them in the night. Tasman, however, towards noon
. A chronological history of the discoveries in the South Sea or Pacific Ocean ; illustrated with charts. Jaws Ji/a?2rf bore NVV, about St. Jan. • -1 J- i. i. SIX miles The 31st, very light wind East. We held our course West. * The Groene Islands are level land and near to each other, so that when seenfrom a distance, in many directions they appear as one Island, In CaptainCarterets Voyage (a. d. 1767) they are defcribed as a single Island, and namedSir Charles Hardy s Island. It is to be obferved that Captain Carteret saw andpassed them in the night. Tasman, however, towards noon saw land, whichat noon he calls an Island, and afterwards deicribes to be a groupe of fiveIslands. Tasman has given a view of the Groene Islands, which is copied inValentyn : but Valentyns engraver has embelliihed this, and other of the draw-<^5, with figures of the two ships, and has made this addition in a very unin-formed manner; for at the Groene Islands he has represented the ships lying atanchor; and in some other plates they appear sailing in the direction opposite tothe track. April. ^ ABEL JANSEN TASMAN. April the ist, we were near the East part of Nova Guinea*,which the Spaniards call Caho Santa Maria. At noon, foundwe were in latitude 4° 30 S ; longitude 171° 2. The 2d, we had light winds and calms. We endeavoured tosail along the coast which here lies NW and SE. About 10miles distant from St. Jans is another Island, which we namedAnthony Kaans Island. It bears due North from the CapeSanta Maria. At noon we found we were in latitude 4° 9, andour longitude was 170° 41. Cape Santa Maria then bore South;accordingly the longitude of the said Cape is 170* 4l. In thenight we had a land wind with which we held on our courseNWestward. The 3d, in the forenoon, we saw a veflel coming towards usfrom the land: she was curved at each end, and was full ofpeople. The} did not venture within reach of gun-shot, andafter a little time, went back to the shore. Latitude by acc
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