A.D. THE ENGLISH VOYAGES 



1577- 



island, the same way that wee came in : for the South 



chanel is dangerous, having but 8 foote at low water, 

 Mogddorin'^i and is full of rockes. This island standeth in 31 

 degrees and an (degrees ^ of latitude, being one league in circuite, not 

 ^'^^' inhabited ; and hath infinite number of doves upon it. 



At Sea wee met with a contrary winde, so that wee 

 beate off and on, till the 4 of Januarie 1578, at which 

 time a more favourable winde began to blowe at North- 

 east, and then wee set our course Southsouthwest, till 

 Caj)e de Guer on the 7 of Januarie wee came as high as Cape de Guer, 

 ^n 30 degrees. ^^\{^^ standeth in 30 degrees of latitude. Here our 

 new Pinnesse tooke 3 Spanish fisher-boates, called Can- 

 tars. From thence wee ran Southwest and Southsouth- 

 west, carying the sayd Cantars along with us, till the 

 10 of the sayd moneth, at which time wee found our 

 selves in 27 degrees 4 min. being 10 leagues West- 

 Cape Bojador southwest from Cape Bojador, which lieth on the maine 

 ''^ ^J-^'^'"''' land of Africa. From thence we ran South and by 

 West, untill the 13 day at noone, at which time wee 

 had sight of Rio del Oro, where our Pinnesse tooke a 

 Portugall caravel. The 1 5, the Marigold took a caravel 

 Cape de las about Cape de las Barbas. And thence we ran along 

 rT ^Bl ^^ coast being low sandie land, till wee arrived at Cape 

 in 20 degrees. Blanco. This Cape sheweth it selfe like the corner of a 

 30 mtn. wall upright from the water, to them which come from 



the Northwardes : where the North pole is elevated 20 

 degrees 30 min. And the Crociers being the guards 

 of the South pole, be raised 9 degrees 30 min. The 

 said Crociers be 4 starres, representing the forme of a 

 crosse, and be 30 degrees in latitude from the South 

 pole : and the lowest starre of the sayd Crociers is to 

 be taken, when it is directly under the uppermost ; 

 and being so taken as many degrees as it wanteth of 

 30, so many you are to the Northwards of the Equi- 

 noctial : and as many degrees as be more then 30, so 

 many degrees you are to the Southwards of the Equi- 

 noctial. And if you finde it to be just 30 then you be 

 directly under the line. 



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