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A52618	An account of several late voyages & discoveries to the south and north towards the Streights of Magellan, the South Seas, the vast tracts of land beyond Hollandia Nova &c. : also towards Nova Zembla, Greenland or Spitsberg, Groynland or Engrondland, &c. / by Sir John Narborough, Captain Jasmen Tasman, Captain John Wood, and Frederick Marten of Hamburgh ; to which are annexed a large introduction and supplement, giving an account of other navigations to those regions of the globe, the whole illustrated with charts and figures.	Narbrough, John, Sir, 1640-1688.; Tasman, Abel Janszoon, 1603?-1659.; Wood, John, Captain.; Martens, Friedrich, 1635-1699.; Robinson, Tancred, Sir, d. 1748.	1694 (1694)	Wing N154; ESTC R18669	230,732	472

Kent Hugh Cooe Trumpeter aged twenty eight Years and born in Wappen Thomas Highway Linguist aged thirty five Years and born in Barbary of Moorish Parents He turned Christian and lived in London This Thomas Highway is a Tawny-Moor he speaks the Spanish Tongue very clear for he had lived formerly at Cadiz with an English Merchant All these four were very healthy sound Men and of good Presence and Spirit which gives me great hopes that they will live to give an Account of that Country and of their Travels Cape-Gallery which is the outermost Point on the South-side of the Harbour of Baldavia lieth in the Latitude of thirty nine Degrees fifty seven Minutes South of Equinoctial as also in Longitude to the Westward of the Meridian of the Lizard of England seventy Degrees twenty Minutes according to my Account and in Meridian distance one thousand one hundred and eight Leagues West and in Longitude East from the West-mouth of Magellan Streights and Cape-Pillar two Degrees and forty Minutes and in Meridian distance 42 Leagues nearest according to my reckoning Thursday December 22. This Morning it prov'd very fair Weather at Day-light the Wind was at South-west a fresh gale the Sea indifferent smooth I plied to the Windward along the Coasts and was about three Leagues off the Shore somewhat to the Southward of Cape-Gallery out of sight of the People of Baldavia for the Cape was shut in with the Land to the Northward of the Harbour At twelve of the Clock I had a good Observation of the Sun with my Quadrant and I found my self in the Latitude of 40 degrees 3 minutes South I was then three Leagues off the Shore and could not get ground at eighty Fathom I was to the Southward of Baldivia Harbour December 31. This afternoon it blew hard at N. W. and rained I steered South-west and by South by my Compass this Afternoon and to Night Here are several sorts of Porpus Fishes in these Seas unlike ours in Europe some pied white and black and some grey and large ones Rainy Weather to Night and no Observation to be made of the Shore January Anno. Dom. 1670-71 Sunday January 1. Raw cold cloudy Weather Rain and some Hail the Wind at N. W. a stout gale and a great Sea I was much afraid that I should lose my Main-mast it fetched such way and broke the spikes that fastned the Fetches with working I steered S. S. W. to ease the Ship from rolling what I could After several Courses made from Saturday Noon till to day Noon I make the true Course to be South 39 d. 00 m. Westerly and distance sailed 105 Miles and departure West 66 Miles and difference of Longitude 101 d. 37 m. 4 tenths difference of Latitude 1 d. 22 m. 3 tenths Latitude by Account 47 d. 47 m. South Wednesday January 4. Indifferent fair Weather the Wind at North-west and sometimes at W. N. W. a fine gale I kept on my Course South Some Porpus Fishes seen to day and some Whales and Sea-Fowl many little Peterels This Morning I took the Suns Amplitude and I find the Compass to have 10 Degrees 28 Minutes variation Easterly My Course made true from Tuesday Noon till to day Noon is South distance sailed 84 Miles and the difference of Latitude is 1 d. 24 m. 8 tent Lat. by good Observation of the Sun on the Meridian 51 d. 31 m. South Meridian distance from Point-Gallery West 70 leag 1 mil. 5 ten Longitude at Noon from Point-Gallery West 4 d. 48 m. 4 ten Longitude at Noon from the Lizard West 75 d. 8 m. 4 ten Meridian distance from the Lizard West 1178 Leagues 1 Mile 5 Tenths Friday January 6. Hasey foggy Weather this Morning the Wind at W. S. W. a stout gale I steered in for to make the four Islands which I called the Isles of Direction or to make Cape Desiade My Course was E. N. E. by my Compass the Nights being but short and light for the Moon was at the full so that I could see at some time clear a League before us At four of the Clock this Morning it being fair day-light I caused the Lead to be cast forth but could not get ground at eighty Fathom I reckon my self about ten Leagues from Cape Desiade and on the Latitude of 52 d. 53 m. South A little past four of the Clock it cleared up on the East Horizon we looked well abroad and saw the four Isles called The Directions which lie at the Mouth of the Streights N. N. W. from Cape Desiade distance from thence abought eight Leagues These Islands made in four Hommaccoes like Hay-cocks when I saw them they bear N. E. of me distant about four Leagues they lie in the Latitude of 52 d. 42 m. and at five of the Clock the Islands bore North of me distant three Leagues off I sounded but could not get ground at 70 Fathoms I saw Cape Desiade it cleared up for the Fog was much on the Hills the Cape was E. S. E. of me distant near eight Leagues the tops of the ragged Hills or rocky Spires were clouded with the flying Fog so as I could not see the Cape sooner for in clear Weather the Land at Cape-pillar and Cape Desiade may be seen fifteen or sixteen Leagues it is so high and ragged I steered by Cape-pillar East and by South the Wind at West-south-west a fresh gale a great humming Sea ran here which came out of the South-west I saw the Sea break upon broken ground which lieth at least four Leagues from the point of Cape Desiade West into the Sea and many Rocks that were sunk and prints of Rocks above Water which the Sea breaketh terribly these lie off Cape Desiade about two Leagues and a League and some not half a Mile off very dangerous As I came nearer the Streights-mouth I raised the Land on the North-side by Cape Victory and the broken Islands within the Streights which I called Westminster Isle and the Lodgers Isle they make ragged in Hillocks at the first sight At nine of the Clock Cape-pillar bore South of me being distant about a Mile and an half from me No Tide or Current as I could perceive set either in or out of the Streights so as to prejudice Navigation The difference of Longitude East is 1 d. 39 m. 4 tenths the Latitude by my Account now is but 52 d. 51 m. South but formerly my Account of the Latitude of this place was South 52 d. 58 m. Meridian distance at 9 of the Clock from Point Gallery West 35 leag 00 mil. 2 10. Longitude at 9 of the Clock from Point Gallery West 2 deg 43 min. ● Longitude at 9 of the Clock from the Lizard West 73 d. 3 m. ● Meridian distance at 9 of the Clock from the Lizard West 1153 leag 00 mil. 2 10. I find but very little Tide or Current in this Sea of Mare del Zur for I am but 3 Minutes of Longitude out of my Account in

Port Praya Road on Board the Sweepstakes riding there at the Island of St. Jago Novemb. 5. 1669. John Narbrough To Captain Humphrey Fleming Commander of the Batchelour Pink. DEcember 4. many flying Fish seen to day and Bonetto's Sharkfish and Albycores a Fish larger than a Bonetto but of that Mackrel shape and feaverish Diet they live upon the flying Fish like the Bonetto's to day we caught some of them with Hooks and one Shark our Men eat them both and account the Shark a good Fish December 7. To day the Cooper found two Buts of Beer had leaked out this day all of us drank Water only for it was ever my order that the meanest Boy in the Ship shoud have the same allowance with my self so that in general we all drank of the same Cask and eat one fort of provision as long as they lasted I never permitted any Officer to have a better piece of Meat than what fell to his lot but one blinded with a Cloth serv'd every Man as they were called to touch and take by which means we had never any Difference upon that score Saturday December 18. All the Ship 's company God be praised in good health most of them were let blood after I has cross'd the Tropick of Cancer and none troubled with the Calenture in this Voyage Whilst I am in the hot Weather I allow a quart of Vinegar to 6 Men per Week and also to eat with their Fresh fish which I didvide equally among the whole Ship 's Company be it little or much or caught by whomsoever Friday December 24. I find great Difference within this 48 hours between my dead Account as we call it which is kept by the Log and the Observation I made these 2 days when the Sun was on the Meridian for I find I have gone more Southerly by 12 Miles than the Log allows I can't perceive any variation and the Log is well kept and the half minute Glass good I judge the Current sets to the Southward now the Winds are at the East and the Moon near the full December 30. This Afternoon I took an Azimuth and find six degrees ten minutes variation Easterly my Observation being of a good one fair Weather to Night at 9 a Clock Nebeles major was very visible in the Heaven and seems to be a piece of the Milky-way broke from it the Southern Constellations appear which are near the Pole Antarctick the Camelion the Bird of Paradise the Tail of little Hydra and the Water-snake which are all small Stars of the 5th and 6th Magnitude no Pole-star nor any Star fit for Observation to be seen within 15 degrees of the Pole the Crosers Stars of the first and second Magnitude are good for Observation and are in this form when they are on Meridian above the Pole Some Fowls flying to and fro a kind of Sea-gulls and Gannet a black Sea-Fowl as big as a Pigeon and some large ones of that kind three Tropick Birds flying over the Ship of a grey Colour with a long spired Tail as big as Pigeons Some Bonetto's taken to day A great broad flat Fish like a Scate following the Ship called by the seamen a String-Ray having a long Tail and a sharp bow at the end of it when it pricks a Man it puts him to much pain they are called by some Clock-fishes the lesser sort are good to eat January 5. Variation of the Compass by an Amplitude in the Morning 06 d. 46 m. East this Afternoon I brought the Ship to and sounded one hundred and eighty four fathom right down and had no ground I being thwart of the Shoals of Brazil caused me to sound I thought the Sea look'd whiter than usual variation at Sun-set 6 d. 46 m. East little Wind this Afternoon at East by North I made all the Sail I could Stay-sails Steering-sail Boats-sails and Bonadventure misen all set to draw away Southerly some Fowls flying over the ship which we call Men of war they prey on flying Fish c. January 14. Few Fish seen now and then a small Bonetto taken small Sea-Fowls call'd Black Nodies flying to and fro and 2 Curlieus flying to the Eastward January 24. I judge a Current sets out of the River of Plate for I find nine miles more to the Southward than I expected I have been careful of my Course and Variation which is but 18 d 20 m. East by an amplitude taken to Night I am open of the mouth of the River of plate sounded to Night but no ground at one hundred and forty five Fathom Wind at North and by East all Night close Weather I steered South-west and by South Monday January 31. Calm this Morning at 8 a Clock the Wind came to the North-west a fine gale at eleven a Clock the Wind went round the Compass and came to North with much thunder lightning and some rain very dark Clouds cold hasey Weather several spots of Sea-weeds driving in the Sea and a great many Sea-fowls of a brown colour swimming in it smoath Water Course steered is South-west by my Compass this day one main shroud and one fore-shroud broke and to strope of the Main-jeer block Variation of Sun-rising by an Amplitude is 19 d. 43 m. East all my Men in good health God be praised All the Albycores Bonettos and flying Fish have quite left the Ship no Fish to be seen but Whales Tuesday February 1. Cloudy foggy Weather this Morning and little Wind at South-east I stood to the South-westward I saw abundance of Sea-fowl flying to and fro striking about the weeds for small Fish several beds of Sea-weeds driving by the Ship it fell calm this Afternoon many small Shrimps about the Ship and eight young Seal-fishes close to it they were as big as an ordinary Spaniel-dog of a black colour and went away to the Westward this Afternoon a fresh gale at South-south-east I steer'd away Southward and by West by my Compass the Air was cold here on a sudden as 't is in England in September These Seas are very much exposed to sudden Gusts and variable Winds for the Wind has run round the Compass twice or thrice a day these 3 day the Sea-water is changed whiter then the usual colour whence I conjecture I must be in Soundings also by my account of Longitude kept from the Lizard I am not 1 d. 28 m. off from land according to Mercator's Draught This Evening I sounded but had no ground at 130 Fathom Wind at South a fine gale I steer'd in West-south-west at ten a Clock to Night I observed the Water to riple as if it were over a shoal and had ground at seventy Fathom I caused the Head-sails to be braced to the Mast and sounded sine red Sand inclining to gray at 70 Fathom February 2. Meridian distance from the Lizard West 839 Leagues 2 miles 〈◊〉 Longitude at Noon from the Lizard West 49 deg 43 m. little Wind this Afternoon and fair Weather we lay

sometimes one way sometimes another Wind at South-west and by South a small gale I hoisted out my Boat and sounded but no ground at 140 Fathoms I tried the Current with my Boat but found little or none worth notice the Sea ripled in many places I sounded on them but no ground at 108 Fathom several Beds of Sea-weed driving to and fro in knots these Weeds are five or six Fathom long in strings with broad leaves on them of a brown colour at the root hangs a Clod or Rock of 2 or 3 pound weight several Sea-Fowls flying and swimming near the Ship being quite clam my Men kill'd some of them with their Birding-pieces for they were very tame not moving at the report of of a Gun they are very like to Sea-Gulls and good meet some Seals and Whales seen February 5. were seen several beds of Rock-weed and Sea-Fowls much like Gannets some black others white pied and grey small Seal-fishes like so many Dogs for their Heads resemble Bull-dogs which they 'l keep above Water a long time and look at the Ship they are very nimble at diving and skipping out of the Water This Afternoon at seven a Clock I was in the Latitude of 41 degrees South and Longitude West from the Lizard of England 52 deg and 50 min. and in Meridian distance from the Lizard 895 Leagues Meridian distance from Port Praya 616 Leagues Longitude from Port Praya West 36 d. 34 m. This Night I advised with Don Carolus where it would be best for us to hale in with the Land in what Latitude or at what Cape or Harbour on this Coast of America being now to the South-ward of the River of Plate and according to my Instructions before the Coast to be discover'd and a Trade set on foot with the Natives He told me I might do what I would for he did not understand the Coast nor where 't was inhabited 't was his whole Discourse in the Voyage that he had been here in a Galley and knew all the Coasts from the River of Plate to the Streights and thorow the Streights all along the West Coast to Baldavia and Lima being arrived here as far as I can perceive by him he knows nothing of the matter nor any thing appertaining to Navigation all I can fancy of him is that he may have liv'd with a West Indian Governour whom he has heard talk of these Parts February 8. at 7 a Clock this Afternoon the Wind came to the West South-west a stiff gale I stood to the Southward much Rock-weed pass'd by the Ship to day and several Sea-Fowls seen very cold for the Season being Summer which Don Carolus began to complain of and told me he did not think we should have come so far Southerly I shew'd him by my Plates how far we were to go through the Streights and along the West Coast he said the Spaniards went to Chile a nearer way I answer'd 't was into the River of Plate and over Land which we could not do My Company are all in good health but some of a puny Race grow weak in being so long on Shipboard I give them Vinegar once a Week which is very good to prevent the Scurvy in their Mouths also I order'd every Man to wash his Mouth Face and Hands before the receive his daily Allowance of Bread and appointed one Man to see it performed if any neglected it the Steward kept their Allowance for one day likewise every Man is commanded to keep himself clean and free from Lice upon forfeiture of his daily Allowance to the Party accusing him by these means the Ship is kept neat sweet and clean tho' the dirty foggy Weather is a great Enemy to this Discipline February 19. I sounded often to day and had fifty and fifty three Fathom dark black Sand wth some bright fine Sand in it Beds of Rock-weed Seals and Porpoises such as are in the European Seas seen to day three Whales many Fowls flying about and some Penguins in the Sea swimming near the Ships at 2 a Clock in the Afternoon the Wind was at E. b. S. a stout gale and a great Sea I stood to the Southward close haled under my Courses the Pink half a Mile to Wind-ward of me udner her's she out-sails us now it blows and puts us past our Top-fails and steers along with us with only her Main-sail set the Sea runs lofty Monday February 21. At a quarter of an hour past eight this Morning I saw the Land bearing West of me and distant about 4 Leagues I sounded and had 21 Fathom small Stones and Sand still I stood in West by my Compass The Land makes but an ordinary heighth towards the Sea side but farther up round high Hills and looks reddish the Northermost Land I could see which was Cape Blanco bore North-north-west of me about two Leagues and the Southermost Land at the face of the Cape The Land trented away to te Southward of me Southwesterly of an ordinary height by the Water side but up in the Land are Hills like Tables on the top a little higher than the rest the Land makes in Hills and Valleys all along like Downs of an ordinary heighth at nine a Clock this Morning I braced the Head-sails to the Mast and lay so half an hour till the Fog cleared up that I might make the Land plainly being within five miles of the shore side which made a kind of Bay breached on the shore I sounded and at 17 Fathom had rough ground with some small stones drawn up in the Tallow of the Lead which was dinted by Rocks between nine and ten a Clock there was a fine clear by which I saw the Land very plainly it look'd reddish like seared Grass no Woods to be seen on any of the Hills or Valleys but all as bare as the Grass-Downs in England I durst not send my Boat a-shore for fear of losing her in the Fog or being sunk at the shore whereon the Sea breaks very much the Wind was at North and by East a fresh gale blew almost along the shore and being out but 24 hours before made the Sea run high the Land lies by the Sea-side South-south-west and North-north-east as far as I could see to the Southward no fire or smoak to be see upon the Land Course made true after several Courses from yesterday Noon till to day at nine a Clock when I was 3 Leagues off the Land true Course is West 6 d. 50 m. Northerly distance sailed fifty miles seven tenths Departure West 50 miles difference of Longitude West 1 d. 15 m. difference of Latitude North 0d 6 m. Latitude by account is 47 d. 14 m. South no Observation this three days being foggy Weather Meridian distance from the Lizard West 1014 League 1 mile 7 tenths Longitude at 9 a Clock from the Lizard West 61 d. 56 m. 6 tenths Longitude from Port Praya West 44 deg 38 m. 5 tenths Meridian distance from Port Praya West

as he comes out from the South-Sea if he lose sight of the South-shore Here lie four small Islands at the North part of the mouth of the Streight in the South-Sea they lie pretty near together the Eastermost stands singly by it self and is round copling up of a fair height like an Hay-cock or Sugar-loaf the other three are flattish they lie from Cape-pillar North-north-west by the true Compass 6 Legues off they are distant from Cape-Victory near four Leagues South-west I called them The Islands of Direction they are good wishing to fall with the Mouth of the Streight November 26. The Land makes in Islands lying near the main Land is high and large Hills In-land which stretch North and South some Snow lying on the tops of the highest Hill At eight of the Clock I made the Island of Nuestra Sennora del Socoro in the Spanish Tongue it is called The Island of our Lady of Sucore I steered with it North-east and by East it made rounding up at the Eastermost end and lower in the middle that at either end it maketh with a ridge running from one end to the other and Trees growing on it the Shore-side is rocky on the South-side of the Island and some broken Rocks lie near the Shore-side and on the South-east end of the Island there stand two peaked copling Rocks close to the Shore they are white on the top with Fowls dung The Island is of a fine heighth and all woody on the North-side of it the Trees grow down to the Water-side and fresh Water runs down in five or six Gullies the Woods are all green and very thick spicy Trees Meridian distance at Noon from Cape-pillar East 20 d. ● m 4 ten Longitude at Noon from Cape-pillar East 1 d 19 m. Longitude at Noon from the Lizard West 71 d. 42 m. Meridian distance at Noon from the Lizard West 1128 leag 2 mil. 9 ten The Island Nuestra Senore di Socoro lies in the Latitude of forty five degrees South and in Longitude East from Cape-pillar one degree nineteen minutes Meridian distance from Cape-pillar East 20 leag 0 min. 4 ten Meridian distance from the Lizard West 1128 deg 2 min. 42 min. Longitude from the Meridian of the Lizard West 71 deg 9 ten The Compass hath eleven Degrees Variation Easterly here I went a-shore with my Boats for fresh Water which I had them laden with presently for here is fresh Water enough and very good I searched the Shore what I could I saw on old Hutt or Arbour of the Indians making and several sticks that were cut but all old done I could not see any sign of People on the Island now I believe the People come rambling to this Island from the Main in the best season of the Year to get young Fowls for I do not see any thing else in the Island for the sustenance of Mans Life I could not see any kind of Mineral or Metal the Soil is a sandy black Earth and some Banks of Rocks the Island is irregular and grown all over with impenetrable thick Woods so as I could not see the inward part of it the Woods are ordinary Timber none that I saw was fit to make Planks of the nature of the Wood is much like Beech and Birch and a sort of heavy Wood good for little but the fire it is white no Fruit or Herbs very little Grass the Woods are so thick much kind of long sedgy Grass no wild Beast to be seen several small Birds in the Woods like Sparrows there are several Fowls like Kites in the Woods several black and white brant-Geese and pied Shags and other such Sea-Fowls as Pinks and Sea-mews what else the Island affords I cannot tell I made a Fire on the Shore in hopes to have some answer of it on the Main but had not At Noon I went aboard and sent my Boats a-shore again for more Wood and Water whilst the Weather permitted landing November 30. This Forenoon I was over on the main side the Ship lay off and in I went ashore with my Boat on an Island which lieth adjacent to the Main There runs a Channel between that and the Main and many Rocks lie in it and foul Ground so as I durst not venture the Ship in it This Island shewed as if it had been the Main till I went to it with the Boat being about four Leagues long from the North-point to the South-point and in some places a League broad The Island is of a mean height and in some places two Leagues broad and grown all over with Woods very thick the Timber is such like as is on the Isle of Socoro I could not see any kind of Mineral or Metal in it the Shore-side sandy in many places and rocky in others the Earth on this Island is of a sandy black soil but very wet with the continual Rains that are here Not finding this noted in my Draughts I called it after my own Name Narbrough's-Island I took possesion of it for his Majesty and his Heirs I could not see any People or any sign of them here South-east from Narbrough's-Island on the Main distant about three Leagues there runs into the Land a River or Sound and some broken ground lies before it The Shore-side is rocky and the Hills are high in the Land on both sides of it this opening lies in East and West I take it for that place which in the Draughts is called Saint Domingo This place lies in the Latitude of forty four Degrees fifty Minutes South and more to the Southward thereof lie many round coplin high Islands grown over with Woods all along the Coasts as far as I could see there lie Islands adjacent to the Main and they are of a great height This Day all the Bread in the Ship is expended all the Company of the Ship my self as well as any other eat Pease in lieu of Bread my Company are all indifferent well in health I thank God for it being seventy two in Company no Fish to be taken with Hooks many Porpusses seen and some Whales several Sea-Fowls seen swimming to day much Wind to Night at North-west I ride fast but doubtful of my Cable No-Man's Island lies in the Latitude of forty three Degrees forty seven Minutes South and in Longitude West from the Lizard in England seventy one Degrees thirty two Minutes And in Meridian distance from the Lizard of England one thousand one hundred and twenty six Leagues and one Mile and in Meridian distance from Cape-pillar East twenty two Leagues two Miles and two tenths and in Longitude East from Cape-pillar one degree twenty nine minutes 1 10. The variation of the Compass is ten Degrees Easterly here This Island is that which the Draughts make to lie at the South-end of the Island of Castro at the Mouth of the going in of that Channel which is between Castro and the Main the Draughts are false in laying down of this Coast for they

great Fogs from the South-south-east to the West-north-west Course per Compass between the South-west and the West distance sailed by the Log 91 Miles true Course Protracted is South-west by South 87 Miles difference of Lat. 76 Miles departure 43 Miles Lat. per Judgment 73 d. 08 m. Meridian distance 625 Miles At Noon no ground with 160 Fathom Lines Monday July 24. From the 23. Noon to this Day Noon little Winds and variable with Calms true Course allowed is South-south-west ¾ West 22 Miles distance of Lat. 18 Miles departure 11 Miles Lat per Judgment 72 d. 50 m. Meridian distance 636 Miles Tuesday July 25. From the 24. Noon to this Day Noon the Wind variable with fresh Gales from North by West to the East with Fogs Course between the West-south-west and South-west distance sailed by the Log 88 Miles true Course allowed for 9 d. variation is South-west ½ Westerly distance of Lat. 54 Miles departure 69 Miles Lat. per Judgment 71 d. 56 m. Meridian distance 705 Miles Wednesday July 26. From the 25. Noon to this day Noon the Wind variable from the East by North to the South with thick Fogs Distance sailed by the Log 73 Miles Course per Compass between the South-west by West and West-north-west true Course Protracted is West ½ South distance of Lat. 7 Miles departure 67 Miles Thursday July 27. From the 26. Noon to this Day Noon the Winds from the South to the South-west with great Fogs Distance sailed by the Log 68 Miles true Course allowed West ½ South difference of Lat. 7 Miles departure 62 Miles West Friday July 28. From the 27. Noon to this Day Noon the Wind from the South-south-west to the South-east Course per Compass between the West by North and the South-west close upon a Wind distance sailed by the Log 85 Miles true Course Protracted is South-west by West ¼ 80 Miles distance of Latitude 46 Miles South departure 64 Miles West thick Fogs with small Rain Saturday July 29. From the 28. Noon to this Day Noon much Wind from the South to the South-west we tryed under a Main-sail three Watches true Course allowed is West 15 Miles Sunday July 30. From the 29. Noon to this Day Noon the Wind variable from South-east to the South and so to the North-west with sudden gusts with much Rain then little Wind at 8 this Morning much Wind at North-west true Course Protracted all impediments allowed is South-south-west 66 Miles distance of Lat. 60 Miles departure 25 Miles Monday July 31. From the 30. Noon to this Day Noon much Wind at North-west with Rain Course per Compass South-west by South and South-west distance sailed by the Log 104 Miles true Course allowed for Leeward-way and variation South by West ½ West difference of Lat. 103 Miles departure 11 Miles Lat. per Dead Reckoning 68 d. 13 m. but by Observation 68 d. 00●●m departure accordingly Corrected 15 Miles Meridian distance 953 Miles Tuesday August 1. From the 31. Noon to this Day Noon the Wind variable from the North-west to the South-west by West distance sailed by the Log 80 Miles we ply to Windward true Course Protracted variation and Leeward-way allowed distance West-south-west difference of Lat. 72 Miles departure 51 Miles thick cloudy Weather with some small Rains and Fogs Wednesday August 2. From the 1. Noon to this Day Noon from the South by West to the South-west thick Fogs Course per Compass between the West by South and the West-north-west distance sailed by the Log 51 Miles true Course allowed is West by North difference of Lat. 12 Miles departure 49 Miles Lat. per Judgment 67 d. 50 m. but by a good Observation Lat. 67 d. 55 m. at Noon clear Weather Thursday August 3. From the 2. Noon to this Day Noon the Wind from the West to the South-south-west with Fogs and Rains Course per Traverse we ply to Windward true Course Protracted is South-south-west distance of Lat. 21 Miles departure 10 Miles at Night much Wind at South we lay under a Main-sail Friday August 4. From 8 at Night to this Day Noon a Storm of Wind at South and S. S. W. True Course Drist and all impediments allowed is North-west by North ¼ West difference of Lat. 18 Miles depareture 16 Miles at Noon less Wind we set our Fore-sail Saturday August 5. From the 4. Noon to this Day Noon the Wind from the West by South to the North-west a very cold Strom true Course allowed is South by East difference of Lat. 75 Miles departure 15 Miles in the Afternoon little Wind. Sunday August 6. From the 5. Noon to this Day Noon fresh Gales and little Wind from the West-north-west to the West-south-west True Course allowed South ¼ East distance of Lat. 67 Miles departure 8 Miles Monday August 7. From the 6. Noon to this Day Noon the Wind at South and South-west sometimes much Wind and then Calm again True Course allowed per Judgment is West-north-west ¼ North 53 Miles difference of Lat. 22 Miles departure West 47 Miles at Noon the Wind came about to the West-north-west much Wind and at 8 it blew a Strom at Northwest Tuesday August 8. From yesterday 8 at Night to this Day Noon a Strom of Wind at North-west we run away with our Fore-sail Reeft Course per Compass South-south-west distance sailed by the Log 116 Miles true Course allowed is South distance of Lat. 107. Miles departure West 5 Miles Wednesday August 9. At 3 in the Morning a fresh Gale saw many Willocks and other Sea-Fowls and at 5 we saw the Land East-south-east from us being high Land and making like Islands being the Isles of Fero. At Noon Lat. by a good Observation 61 d. 45 m. at which time the Westermost Island bore East about 8 Leagues off Distance sailed from yesterday Noon to this Day Noon 120 Miles true Course allowed South by West ¼ Westerly distance of Lat. 116 Miles departure 26 Miles Lat. per Judgment 62 d. 04 m. distance between the Dead Lat. and the observed Lat. 20 Miles so that the Ship is 20 Miles more Southerly and consequently more Westerly Meridian distance 1129 Miles but by Correction 1136 Miles we saw a small Vessel and gave chase to her but she made from us Thursday August 10. From the 9. Noon to this Day Noon a fresh Gale at North-west Course between the South and East-south-east to get clear of the Islands in the Night distance sailed by the Log 102 Miles true Course Protracted is South-east by East ¼ South distance of Lat. 58 Miles departure 76 Miles spoke with the Ship we saw yesterday being a Lyn Man come from the Island Friday August 11. From the 10. Noon to this Day Noon the Wind at North-north-west Course per Compass South-east by east distance sailed by the Log 83 Miles at Noon the Island Foule bore North-east by East about 3 Leagues off the Wind came about at South Saturday August 12. From the 11. Noon to this

Voyages to the North-East at the Charge of the United Provinces in the last of which he was compell'd to winter in Nova Zembla about the 75 deg of North Lat. In these Voyages they Discovered Bear or Cherry-Island and went upon Greenland These Dutch Navigations were written by Gerart de Veer and contain great variety of curious Observations to which Mr. Boyle owns himself much beholden in the composing his History of Cold. They conversed with and described the Samoyeds coasted Nova Zembla giving Names to several Points Capes Bays Islands c. They discovered the Bernacle Goose or Clakis sitting upon their Eggs under the 80th deg North Lat. They give good Descriptions of the Whales Morses Birds c. and relate Phoenomena of Cold during their melancholy winter Abode there with ingenuity and judgment An. Dom. 1611. That worthy Seaman Sir Thomas Button Servant to Prince Henry pursued the North-West Discoveries at the instigation of that glorious young Prince He passed Hudsons Streight and leaving Hudsons Bay to the South sailed above 200 Leagues to the South-West-ward over a Sea above 80 Fathom deep and discovered a great Continent called by him New Wales where after much misery and sickness in his wintering at Port Nelson he beat and searched the whole Bay with great Industry called afterwards Button's Bay even back again almost to Digge's Island He discovered the great Land he called Cary's Swans-nest Many men were lost during his abode in that River named by him Port Nelson in North Lat. 57 deg 10 min. tho he kept three Fires in his Ship all the Winter and was supply'd with great store of white Partridges and other Fowl of which his Company is reported to have kill'd 1800 Dozen besides some Deer Bears and Foxes on the Shores of those North-West Bays grows abundance of Orpine Sorrel and Scurvygrass very much Angelica whose Root the Gronelanders eat They kill Morses and make their Cords or Ropes of Whalebone In the years 1610 1612 1615 1626. Mr. Hudson James Hall and William Baffin proceeded much further in the North-West Parts giving Names to their several Discoveries which may be seen in the Northern Maps and in the Collection of Voyages as also in our Supplement at the end The King of Denmark observing the progress of his Neighbours in the Northern Seas began to send out Ships for making Discoveries in the year 1605 1606 1607 but these performed little At last in the year 1619 he equipp'd John Munck with two Ships who tracing Forbisher and Hudson came to the 63 deg 20 min. where he was forced to winter and called it Muncks Harbour and the Country New Denmark It seems to be near Diggs Island See Muncks Voyage Printed in French at Paris also our Supplement at the end In 1608. Henry Hudson was sent out by the English Company to discover the North Pole he proceeded to the 82 deg of Lat. as also did Thomas Marmaduke of Hull 1612. who saw divers Islands beyond that and gave names to divers Places upon Greenland He went upon Nova Zembla in June and July and observed Deer feeding here and there on green places tho at that very time of the year it freezes in that Climate In the year 1610. the Company began to apply themselves to the killing of Morses and to the Whale Fishing which they found most plentiful about Cherry Island and Greenland they began also to find those long Bones commonly called Unicorns Horns In the years 1611 1612 1613 1614 1617 1619 1620 1622. the English Company finding these Northern Expeditions so very profitable encreas'd the number of their Shipping to 13 or 14 yearly under the Conduct of Poole Fotherby Edge Heley and others who gave names to several Sounds and Points c. Yet we find little worth relating of Greenland till 1630. in which year some English commanded by Captain Goodler were forced to wander up and down the Country and to Winter there A full Relation whereof being Published by Dr. W. Watts we shall refer the Reader thereunto Some English also wintered in Greenland in the year 1633. and another Company in 1634 the last all perished there In these several Navigations to Greenland our Men gave Names to many places as Hackluit's Headland Whale-Bay Horn-Sound from the long Bones call'd the Unicorns Ice-Point Bell-Point Lowness-Isle Black-Point Cape-Cold Ice-Sound Knotty-Point Deer-Sound Smiths-Bay Hope-Island Edges Island Wyches Island Bear-Island Charles Island Afterwards the Dutch gave other Names of their own to these places which has bred some confusion in Maps and Books Our men that wintered in Greenland 1630. lost the light of the Sun October 14. and saw him not again till February 3. Those that staid there in 1633 say that Octob. 5. was the last day they perceived the light of the Sun tho they had a twilight by which they could read till Octob. 17. On the 22. the Stars were plain to be seen all the 24 hours and so contiuued all Winter Jan. 15. they perceived for 6 or 7 hours about noon so much light as to read by it Feb. 12. they saw the Rays of the Sun upon the tops of the Mountains and the next day his whole Body Our men that remained in Greenland 1634. left in writing before they perished that the Sun disappeared October 10. and was seen again Feb. 14. The Dutch that wintered in Nova Zembla in 1596. lost the Sun on Novemb. 4. but the Moon in her highest degrees was seen night and day Jan. 24. they saw the edge of the Sun above the Horizon The difference of these appearances doth not proceed from different Refractions but from the difference of Latitude in which the English and Dutch wintered tho the cold in Nova Zembla exceeded that felt in Greenland In these Countries there is a continued Day for four or five months in the year as well as a perpetual Night for three months so for the most part there is either all Light or all Darkness The English that were necessitated to winter in Greenland liv'd upon Venison of which there is great store perhaps 't is of the Rhin-deer upon Morses Bears Foxes c. The Bears Flesh was tolerably pleasant and wholsom but the Liver made their skins peel off which was also observed by the Dutch that wintered in Nova Zembla As the Sun and Day-light began to appear the Fowls and Foxes crept abroad for which they set Traps and Springs and so took vast numbers The Foxes proved wholsom Food for by it the Dutch were also relieved in their Scurveys In May they found great store of Eggs laid by Willocks The cold had prodigious Effects on our Men in Greenland and on the Dutch in Nova Zembla as blistering and ulcering their Flesh freezing their Sack and Spirits stopping their Clocks freezing everything by the fire side all which Captain James suffer'd in the Island of Charleton tho only in the 51 Deg. of North Lat. whereas the English and Dutch winter'd in 75 and 78 Deg.

Of the Whales about Spitzbergen and how they differ from other Whales with an exact description of all the parts of a Whale and a what uses they are applied from p. 130 to p. 144 Of the sever ways of catching Whales from p. 145 to p. 156 How they mannage the dead Whales several ways of Trying out of the Train-Oil from the Fat from p. 197 to p. 164 Of the Finn-fish being the length of a Whale but much less in bulk p. 16● Of Rotz fishes and Sea-qualms Of the Sea May-fly Of the Snail Slime-fish Of the Hat Slime-fish Of the Rose like shaped Slime-fish Of the Slime fish like a Cap. Of the Slime fish like a Fountain from p. 165 to p. 175. Contents of the Supplement A Description of Cherry and other Islands from p. 179 to p. 184 John mayens Island p. 185 Groenland or Engroenland p. 187 The Discovery of Freezland or Friseland p. 206 To the Hon. ble Sam Pepys Esq r. This Mapp of the STREIGHTS of MAGELLAN Drawn by S r Io. n Narbrough is humbly Dedicated by Sam Smith and Benj Wallford A JOURNAL KEPT BY Captain John Narbrough c. MAY 15. 1669. This day being Saturday I received from the Honourable Mr. Wren Secretary to his Royal Highness the Duke of York my Commission to Command his Majesty's Ship the Sweepstakes the Ship being at Deptford in the River of Thames near London Sunday September 26. 1669. Set out at his Majesty's proper Cost one of his own Ships named the Sweepstakes Burthen 300 Tuns with 36 great Ordnance and all other Munition proportionable manned with 80 Men and Boys victualled for fourteen Months at whole allowance of all Provisions both good and wholesom having Oat-meal for Fish and four Tuns and an half of Brandy in lieu of Beer stores of all sorts compleat for twelve months with provision of Craft to take Fish and Fowls a seyne Net and hooks and lines and fisgigs and harping Irons twelve Fowling-pieces with shot and pigs of Lead to make Shot if occasion c. And the Batchelour Pink burthen 70 Tuns with four great Ordnance and all other Munition proportionable mann'd with nineteen Men one Boy victualled for twelve months at whole allowance of all Provision good and wholesom as the Sweepstakes had and stores proportionable for the time and Craft to take Fish and Fowl c. Having a sort of Goods to the value of three hundred pounds as followeth Knives Sissers Glasses Beads Hatchets Bills Hoes Nails Needles Pins Pipes Bells Boxes c. Dassels Linnen Cloth Osenbrigs Tobacco and Pipes c. to trade with the Natives at his Majesty's Charge Wednesday September 29. Hazy weather the Wind to the North-west and by West a fresh gale I stood to the South-west-ward as near as I could this day at twelve a Clock the Lizard bore North of me a little Easterly distance about 12 Leagues according to my account Latitude by account is 49 d. 35 m. This day I spoke with a French Banker Lizard in England lies in the Lat. of 50 d. 10 m. and in Longitude East from the Meridian of the West part of St. Michael one of the Islands of the Azores 18 d. 30 m. From the Lizard I take my departure and keep my daily account of the difference of my Longitude from that Meridian October the 17. I made the Madera which Island is high Land and irregular in Hills with Wood on the top and down the sides Planted with Vines there is some Sugar made in the Island the Inhabitants Portugueses The City of Fonchiale is the Metropolis and is situated in a Bay on the South part of the Island close to the Sea side walled next the Sea and well fortified with Ordnance fresh water comes running into the Sea in the middle of the Bay in a fair Rivulet from under an Arch in the Wall the shoar-sides are great pebble stones in the Bay and Rocks in the other places the Road is foul ground to the East part of it the Ships ride in shot of Ordnance of the City this City is about an English mile in length and three quarters of a mile in breadth The Desarts are barren rocky Isles of a good heighth and lie at the South-east point of Madera above a mile distant from the shore there is water enough between Madera and the Desarts in the midway and no danger the Desarts trent to the South-east Fonchiale Bay in the Isle of Madera lies in the Latitude of 32 d. 10 m. North and in Longitude West from the Lizard of England 10 d. 1 m. and Meridian distance 143 Leagues Sunday being the 17th fair Weather and little wind at North-west Course by my Compass South-west I make my true Course from Fonchiale Bay till to day at noon South-south-west distance sailed 34 miles six tenths departure West 13 miles Diff. Lat. 00 d. 32 m. Lat. by account 31 d. ●8 m. Meridian distance from the Lizard West 147 leagues 1 mile Longitude from the Lizard West 10 d. 17 m. Difference of Longitude from Fonchiale West 00 d. 16 m. To day at noon I saw the Island of Madera bearing N b. E the body of the Isle distant by estimation 11 leagues it makes in a bluff body at the West end and trents to the East Course by the Compass this afternoon SW little wind to night I shaped my nearest Course for the Island of St. Jago with all the sail I could make the Batchelour Pink in Company I gave order to my Master to make the best of his way to St. Jago Island but not to leave the Company of the Batchelour Saturday October 23. The wind at N. b. E. a gale this day in the forenoon I crossed the Tropick of Cancer all my men in good health I praise the Almighty God for it many of my men that had been with me in the Indies formerly were let blood for I take bleeding in these hot Climates to be a great preserver of health diverting Calentures I experienc'd it in two Voyages before to the Island of St. Helena and in one to the Coast of Guinea where several of my men under that distemper were preserved by bleeding in all these Voyages I was never sick one day nor in two years time in the Mediterranean Sea nor at the Canaries for when I came near the Equinoctial I always breathed a Vein Thursday October 28. the Wind at East-North-East a stiff gale this Morning I saw the Isle of Mayo bearing S. b. W. distant by estimation eight Leagues it makes a high Hill and Craggy to the East part and low land towards the shore-side to the North-west part of the Island it lies from B●navist S. b. W. distant near 18 leagues This day at 11 a Clock I anchored in the Road in seven fathom water sandy Ground about a mile from the shore the Northernmost point of the Road bearing N. N. W. half a point to the West and the Southern point of the Road bearing South-east

Northward to the South Latitude of 17 d. and from thence Westward to the Cocos and Horns Islands first discovered by William Scouten and then if not sooner to recruit for they had indeed been upon Anthony van Diemens Land but had met with nothing and upon New Zealand they had not so much as once been a-shore Jan. 8. in S. Latitude 30 d. 25 m. Longitude 192 d. 20 m. N. E. variation 9 d. they had great Waves out of the S. E. so that upon that Point no Land can be hoped January 12. South Latitude 30 d. 5 m. Longitude 195 d. 27 m. N. E. variation 9½ d. they had hollow Waves out of the S. E. and S. W. January 16. in S. Latitude 26. d. 29 m. Longitude 199 d. 32 m. N. E. variation 8 d. The 19. in S. Latitude 22 d. 35 m. Longitude 204 d. 15 m. N. E. variation 7½ d. they saw an Island about two or three Miles round high steep and barren in appearance they would willingly have come nearer to it but could not because of the S. E. and S. S. E. Wind they gave it the name of Piilstreets Islands because of the multitude of those Fowls the next day they saw again two Islands The 21. of January in S. Latitude 21 d. 20 m. Longitude 205 d. 29 m. N. E. variation 7¼ d. they came to the Northermost Island which was the biggest and not high they gave it the name of Amsterdam and the other Middleburgh On this Amsterdam they got many Hogs Hens and all sorts of Fruits the Inhabitants were friendly had no Weapons and appeared to know no evil excepting that they take the liberty to Steal there the Current is not great the Ebb runs near N. E. and the Flood S. W. a S. W. Moon makes high Water and it flows seven or eight Foot at least the Wind is continually S. E. and S. S. E. wherewith the Yacht Hemskirk was a drift but saved her self off the Island yet took in no Water which here was not easie to come by January 25. in South Latitude 20 d. 15 m. Longitude 206 d. 19 m. N. E. variation 6⅓ d. after having seen several little Islands they came to the Island Rotterdam as you see it in the Chart. The People were friendly and without Arms as the former but likewise very thievish here they got fresh Water and other refreshment they went through this Island and found the Cocos or Clappus Trees in great plenty planted orderly one by another and Gardens whose Beds were made square and very handsome and set with all sorts of Fruit Trees which in almost all places were planted in a right Line so that it was a pleasure to behold them on all sides giving a fragrant and delightful smell From this Island Rotterdam they departed and saw some other Islands which you see in the Chart and now designed according to their former resolution to go away North till the 17. degree of South Latitude and then West not to pass by the Traitors and Hornese Island they had the Wind at S. E. and E. S. E. February 6. in South Latitude 17 d. 19 m. Longitude 201 d. 35 m. they were intricated among about eighteen or twenty Islands which were all incompassed with Sands Shoals Banks and Rocks which Islands are marked in the Charts by the name of Prince Williams Islands and Hemskirks Shoals February 8. In S. Latitude 15 d. 29 m. Longitude 199 d. 31 m. they had a great deal of Rain and hard Wind out of the N. E. and N. N. E. with hasey and dark Weather and fearing left they might be more Westwardly than by their Reckoning that they might not fall to the Southwards of Nova Guinea or on unknown Coasts also by reason of the windy dark Weather they concluded to go on N. or N. N. W. to 4 5 or 6 d. of South Latitude and then away West to Nova Guinea and so to be in less danger February 14. in South Latitude 16 d. 30 m. Longitude 193 d. 35 m. till this time they had every day Rain with Storms but now 't was more Calm they halled the Ship Seahaen and found their Reckonings to agree February 20. in S. Lat. 13 d. 45 m. Long 193 d. 35 m. they had still thick dark misty and rainy Weather the Sea coming out of all Quarters and the Wind variable February 26. Lat. S. 9 d. 48 m. Long 193 d. 43 m. the Wind was constantly N. W. they had not had one dry day in twenty one March 2. Lat. S. 9 d. 11 m. Long. 192 d. 46 m. N. E. variation 10 d. the Weather and Wind variable March 8. Latitude South 7 d. 46 m. Longitude 190 d. 47 m. Weather and Wind as before March 14. south-South-Latitude 10 d. 12 m. Longitude 186 d. 14 m. N. E. variation 8 d. 45 m. Before this for twelve days time they could get no Observation because every day it was thick dark and dirty Weather with much Rain March 20. South Latitude 5 d. 15 m. Longitude 181 d. 16 m. N. E. variation 9 d. the Weather grew better March 22. South Latitude 5 d. 2 m. Longitude 178 d. 32 m. good Weather with Easterly Trade Wind they got sight of Land four Miles West from them it was a number of small Islands about twenty in all named in the Charts Onthong Java which lye about ninety Miles from the Coast of Nova Guinea March 25. South Latitude 4 d. 35 m. Longitude 175 d. 10 m. variation 9 d. 30 m. they were up with the Islands of Mark all found by William Scouten and John le Mair being fourteen or fifteen in number The Natives are Savage and have their black Hair tyed up like the Rogues of Murderers Bay in Nova Zea●andia March 29. they passed by Green Island the 30. by St. Johns Island April 1. in South Latitude 4 d. 30 m. Longitude 171 d. 2 m. variation 8 d. 45 m. they reached the Coast of New Guinea at a Cape called by the Spaniards Cabo Saint Maria and went along the Coast which lies about N. W. to Anthony 〈◊〉 Island Gardeners Island and Fishers Island to the Promontory called Struis Hook where the Land falls away S. and S. Eastwardly which they followed and went Southerly until they should discover the Land or else find a Passage to the South April 12. S. Latitude 3 d. 45 m. Longitude 167 d. 00 m. N. E. variation 10 d. here they had a sudden Earth-quake that all they that were fast asleep came up out of their Cabbins very much affrighted imagining that the Ship had struck upon a Rock but casting the Lead found no ground they had afterwards several shakes of the Earth-quake but never so violent as the first they were then within the Struis Hook standing into the Bight Bay of Good Hope April 14. South Latitude 5 d. 27 m. Longitude 166 d. 57 m. N. E. variation 9 d. 15 m. Here they saw the Land from the E. N.

again the Sea was tempestuous and tossed our Ship very much The 3d of May was cold snowy with hail and misty Sun-shine the wind North-west and by west the Sun set no more we saw it as well by night as by day The fourth we had snow hail and gloomy Sun-shine with cold weather but not excessive the wind at North-west the weather every day unconstant Here we saw abundance of Seales they jump'd out of the water before the Ship and which was strange they would stand half out of the water and as it were dance together The 5th-in the forenoon it was moderately cold and Sun-shine but toward noon darkish and cloudy with snow and great frost the wind North-west and by North. We saw daily many Ships failing about the Ice I observed that as they passed by one another they haled one another crying Holla and asked each other how many fish they had caught but they would not stick sometimes to tell more then they had When it was windy that they could not hear one another they waved their Hats to signifie the number caught But when they have their full Fraight of Whales they put up their great Flag as a sign thereof then if any hath a Message to be sent he delivers it to them as you may see in the Plate A by A. The 7th we had moderate frost clouds and snow with rain In the evening we sailed to the Ice the wind was quite contrary to us and the Ice too small wherefore we sailed from it In the afternoon we saw Spitzbergen the South point of the North-foreland we supposed it the true Harbour The Land appeared like a dark Cloud full of white streeks we turned to the West again that is according to the Compass which is al 's to be understood of the Ice and Harbour The 9th was the same weather and cold as before the Wind South-west and by west In the afternoon a Fin-fish swam by our Ship which we took at first to be a Whale before we saw the high fins of his tail and came near to it We had let down our Sloop from the Ship but that labour was lost for he was not worth taking From the 25th of April to this day we had not taken the Sun's altitude we were then in 70 degrees and 3 minutes and sailed towards the North and the Ice It may seem strange that we so often sailed to the Ice and from it again but I shall give you a reason for that hereafter The12th it was stormy and excessive cold the wind North and we had the greatest frosts in this Month of May. On the 14th the wind was North-west fine weather with Sun-shine we were within 75 degrees and 22 minutes We told twenty Ships about us the Sea was very even and we hardly felt any wind yet it was very cold In this place the Sea becomes smooth presently again after a storm chiefly when the wind blows from the Ice but when it blows off the Sea it always makes a great Sea The same day we saw a Whale not far off from our Ship we put out four Boats from on board after him but this labour was also in vain for he run under water and saw him no more On the 19th we had a dull Sun-shine the wind was North and it was so calm that we could hardly feel it we rowed in the Ship-boat to the Ice and killed two Sea-hounds or Seales there were so many of them on the Ice that they could not be numbred On the 20th it was exceeding cold so that the very Sea was all frozen over yet it was so calm and still that we could hardly perceive the wind which was North there were nine Ships in our Company which sailed about the Ice we found still the longer we sailed the bigger the Ice On the 30th it was fair weather in the morning snowy about noon the wind was Southwest and very calm We rowed in the great Sloop before the Ship farther into the Ice In the morning we heard a Whale blow when the Sun was in the East and brought the Whale to the Ship when the Sun was at South-west and by east the same day we cut the Fat from it and filled with it 70 Barrels which they call Kardels By this fish we found abundance of Birds most of them were Mallemucks that is to say foolish Gnats which were so greedy of their food that we kill'd them with sticks This fish was found out by the Birds for we saw every where by them in the Sea where the Whale had been for he was wounded by an Harping Iron that stuck still in his flesh and he had also spent himself with hard swimming he blowed also very hollow he stank alive and the birds fed upon him This Whale fermented when it was dead and the steam that came from it inflamed our eyes and made them sore See Tab. A at a. This same night Cornelius Seaman lost his Ship by the squeezing and crushing together of the Ice for in this place are very great Sheets or Islands of Ice and the Seamen call it West-Ice because it lieth towards the West as you may see in the Plate B marked with b. On the 2d of June we had a severe frost in the forenoon and in the night we saw the Moon very pale as it used to look in the day time in our Country with clear Sun-shine whereupon followed mist and snow the wind North-east and by north In the morning June the 4th we were a hunting again after a Whale and we came so near unto one that the Harponier was just a going to fling his Harpoon into her but she sunk down behind and held her head out of the water and so sunk down like a stone as is to be seen by d on the cut A and we saw her no more it was very like that the great Ice-field was full of holes in the middle so that the Whale could fetch breath underneath the Ice A great many more Ships lay about this sheet of Ice one hunted the Whales to the other and so they were frighted and became very shy So one gets as many fishes as the other and sometimes they all get one We were there several times a hunting that very day and yet we got never a one On the 8th it was foggy and snowed all day we saw that day very many Sea-dogs or Seales on the Ice about the Sea-side so we set out a Boat and killed 15 of them On the 12th it was cold and stormy all day at night Sun-shine he that takes not exact notice knows no difference whether it by day or night On the 13th in the afternoon it was windy and foggy we were in 77 degrees we sailed along by the Ice somewhat easterly towards Spitzbergen as is to be seen in the Cut A at e. That night we saw more then 20 Whales that run one after another towards the Ice out of them we got

weather and warm Sun-shine all night Hard by us rode a Hollander and the Ships crew busie in cutting the fat of a Whale when the fish burst with so great a bounce as if a Canon had been discharged and bespattered the Workmen all over On the 8th the wind turned North-west with snow and rain We were forced to leave one of our Anchors and thank'd God for getting off from Land for the Ice came on fiercely upon us at night the wind was laid and it was colder although the Sun shined On the 9th we got another male Whale being the eighth which was yellow underneath the head we filled with him 54 Kardels with fat the Sun shined all night On the 12th we had gloomy Sun-shine all day At night we sailed with three Boats into the Ice before the Weigatt and got three white Bears an old one with two young ones they swam in the water like fish On the Ice lay abundance of Sea-horses and the further we came into the Ice there were the more of them we rowed up to them and when we came near to them we killed ten of them the rest came all about our Boat and beat holes through the sides of the Boat so that we took in abundance of water we were forced at length to row away from them because of their great number for they gathered themselves more and more together they pursued us as long as we could see them very furiously Afterwards we met with another very great one who lay in the water fast asleep but when he felt our Harpoon within him he was very much frightned and ran away before the Boat again where he was soon eased of his fright by our Lances We saw but very few Whales more and those we did see were quite wild that we could not come near them That night it was so dark and foggy that we could hardly see the Ships length we might have got Sea-horses enough but we were afraid of loosing our Ships for we had examples enough of them that had lost their Ships and could not come to them again but have been forced to return home in other Ships When after this manner any have lost their Ships and cannot be seen they discharge a Cannon from the Ship or sound the Trumpets or Haut-boys according as they are provided in their Ships that the men that are lost may find their Ship again On the 13th we had cloudy Sun-shine the wind towards night turned to North-east and by east The Ice came a floating down apace we sailed from the South-east Land to the west and we could but just get through by the North side from the Bear-Harbour or Bay We sailed on to the Rehenfelt or Deer-field where the Ice was already fixed to the Land so that we could but just get through we sailed further to the Vogelsanck Birds-song as you may see by b in the Plate D. Then we turned toward the East with a North-east wind in company with twelve Ships more to see whether there were any more Whales left with George and Cornelius Mangelsen and Michael Appel who sailed in four fathoms water and touched upon the wreck of a Ship that was lost there On the 14th in the morning we sailed still amongst the Ice the wind being North-east and by east we had a fogg all that day with Sun-shine with a Rainbow of two colours white and pale yellow and it was very cold and we saw the Sun a great deal lower On the 15th it was windy cold and foggy the whole day the wind turned North-west and the Ice came on in abundance so that we could hardly sail for it was every where full of small sheets of Ice At this time there were many ships beset with Ice in the Deer or Muscle-Bay We sailed all along near the shoar and at night we entred the South-Harbour marked with c in the Cut D where 28 Ships lay at Anchor 8 whereof were Hamburgers the rest Dutchmen From that time when we sailed out of the South-haven we kept always within sight of the Land and saw it always except it was foggy and so long the Skippers stay by the Ice to see whether there is any more Whales to be had That night we fetched water from the Land near the Cookery of Harlingen out of a hole marked by b in the Plate C. On the 16th in the morning we saw the Moon and afterwards it was windy with abundance of snow On the 18th we had fair weather with Sun-shine and we were also becalmed that we could not sail wherefore we towed with a Boat into the Danish Harbour to gather some Herbs from the Rocks In the South-Haven rode 30 Ships at Anchor On the 19th we had warm Sun-shine and fair weather but in the night stormy and rain On the 20th storms rain and a great deal of snow the wind South-west On the 21th rain all day long CHAP. II. Of our home Voyage from Spitzbergen to the Elbe ON the 22th day of July in the morning when the Sun was North-east we waied our Anchors and sailed out of the South-Haven we had a fogg all day long and Sun-shine at night in the night we saw abundance of Fin-fishes On the 24th it was so warm with Sun-shine that the Tarr wherewith the Ship was daubed over melted we drove it being calm before the Haven or Bay of Magdalen On the 25th it was cloudy and Sun-shine but cold withal at night we came to the Forelands the night was foggy the wind South-west On the 26th we had the very same weather all day the Sun was very low in the night On the 28th we turned from the side of the North-Foreland towards the west when the Sun was South-east and we did sail South-west and by west towards the Sea then we changed our Course southwards and stood South-east On the 29th 30th and 31th we sailed South-east and by south all along by the Land the south side of the Foreland was 8 Leagues from us bearing North-east then we sailed South-west and by south it was very cold with a North-west wind We saw daily abundance of Fin-fishes but no more Whales On the 9th of August it was windy all day with a gloomy Sun-shine in the forenoon it cleared up towards noon the wind was South-east when we took the Meridian heighth of the Sun and were at 66 degrees 47 minutes we sailed South-westward all along the Northern shoar of the Country On the 13th being Sunday in the morning the wind was North-west stormy with rain and west winds In the night we had very clear Moon and Star-light In the morning we saw the northern part of Hitland we sailed southward after the rain we saw Fair-Isle and sailed in betwixt Hitland and Fair-Isle first South-west and afterwards South-west and by south and then southward On the 20th it was fair weather warm Sun-shine and somewhat windy When the day began to appear we saw Hilgeland South-eastward of us