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1628] TO SURATT IN EAST INDIA 5
Latitude North or South. 5. In the Fifth, the Longi-
tude East or West. 6. In the Sixth, the variation of
the Compasse from the North towards the East or
West. 7. In the Seaventh, the wyndes wee have had.
8. In the Eighth, the Course wee kept. 9. And in the
Nineth, the Miles wee ran.
Moreover, their dayes are thus recconed. From
the last of March att Noone to the first of Aprill att
Noone is accompted the first of Aprill, because that
day att Noone they observe the Sunne, or when they
may not, yett they make upp their Recconings as
aforesaid, and Consequently the second of Aprill is
accounted from the first day att Noone to that Day
att Noone &ca. And whereas I say overhead, Aprills
Abstract, is because it is an Abreviatt or Abstract of
the Marriners Accompte from whome I had it1.
Aprills Abstract2.
1st Aprill 1628. Captain Kirkes Fleete parted from us.
jth April/ 1628. A sayle seene.
gt/t Aprill 1628. The 9 Currant Captaine Morris
departed from us.
llth Aprill 1628. Lansarote3 seene.
12th Aprill 1628. Fuerte Ventura4 [seen].
r 3/// April/ 1628. Easter day.
\6lh Aprill 1628. Wee past amonge the Canarie
Islands, and 5 leagues off of Gran Canaries it selfe wee
saw the Peeke of Teneriff, 35 leagues off, seemeinge hard
by, and in my opinion is the highest hill in the World, att
least that I have seene.
1 The log of the Expedition in 162S is at the India Office. It is
catalogued as Marine Records, vol. J..
1 In the original there is a tabular log of eight columns, viz., date,
remarks on wind and currents, latitude, longitude, E. variation, winds,
course, miles. This has been omitted and only the marginal notes
and supplementary remarks are here reproduced. These are entered
under their proper dates.
3 Lanzarote, the most easterly of the Canary Islands. See Herbert,
p. 5.
4 The island of Fuerte Ventura lies between Lanzarote and Grand
Canary.
Latitude North or South. 5. In the Fifth, the Longi-
tude East or West. 6. In the Sixth, the variation of
the Compasse from the North towards the East or
West. 7. In the Seaventh, the wyndes wee have had.
8. In the Eighth, the Course wee kept. 9. And in the
Nineth, the Miles wee ran.
Moreover, their dayes are thus recconed. From
the last of March att Noone to the first of Aprill att
Noone is accompted the first of Aprill, because that
day att Noone they observe the Sunne, or when they
may not, yett they make upp their Recconings as
aforesaid, and Consequently the second of Aprill is
accounted from the first day att Noone to that Day
att Noone &ca. And whereas I say overhead, Aprills
Abstract, is because it is an Abreviatt or Abstract of
the Marriners Accompte from whome I had it1.
Aprills Abstract2.
1st Aprill 1628. Captain Kirkes Fleete parted from us.
jth April/ 1628. A sayle seene.
gt/t Aprill 1628. The 9 Currant Captaine Morris
departed from us.
llth Aprill 1628. Lansarote3 seene.
12th Aprill 1628. Fuerte Ventura4 [seen].
r 3/// April/ 1628. Easter day.
\6lh Aprill 1628. Wee past amonge the Canarie
Islands, and 5 leagues off of Gran Canaries it selfe wee
saw the Peeke of Teneriff, 35 leagues off, seemeinge hard
by, and in my opinion is the highest hill in the World, att
least that I have seene.
1 The log of the Expedition in 162S is at the India Office. It is
catalogued as Marine Records, vol. J..
1 In the original there is a tabular log of eight columns, viz., date,
remarks on wind and currents, latitude, longitude, E. variation, winds,
course, miles. This has been omitted and only the marginal notes
and supplementary remarks are here reproduced. These are entered
under their proper dates.
3 Lanzarote, the most easterly of the Canary Islands. See Herbert,
p. 5.
4 The island of Fuerte Ventura lies between Lanzarote and Grand
Canary.