A true description of three voyages by the north-east towards Cathay and China : undertaken by the Dutch in the years 1594, 1595 and 1596 . hat from thence foorth hewould [still mercifully] ayde vs.^ The 20 of July, hauing still a good gale/ about the south-east sunne we past a long by the Black Point, which is twelue[48] miles distant from the Crosse Island, and sailed west south-west ; and about the euening with the west sunne we saw theAdmirable Island, and about the north sun past along by it,which is distant from the Black Point eight [32] miles. Andpassing along by it, we saw about two h
A true description of three voyages by the north-east towards Cathay and China : undertaken by the Dutch in the years 1594, 1595 and 1596 . hat from thence foorth hewould [still mercifully] ayde vs.^ The 20 of July, hauing still a good gale/ about the south-east sunne we past a long by the Black Point, which is twelue[48] miles distant from the Crosse Island, and sailed west south-west ; and about the euening with the west sunne we saw theAdmirable Island, and about the north sun past along by it,which is distant from the Black Point eight [32] miles. Andpassing along by it, we saw about two hundred sea horses lyingupon a flake of ice, and we sayled close by them and draue them Grooter—greater. Rechtvoortlaeckenmeteengoedmvoortgangh—right before the wind,at a good rate. ^ Een doorgaende coelte—a steady breeze. In dck eetmael—in every four-and-twcnty hours. Sec page 88,Tiotc 5. ?• Phillip here adds, to bring our voyage to an end. Ilehbende noch die heerUjcke voortgnng—making still the same goodspeed. ^ Den Sicarten Hoeck—Cape Negro. Sec page 13. =* ITet Admiraliteyts Eylondt—Admiralty Island. See page True portraiture of our boats, and ho^v w
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