A.D. 



1588. 



THE ENGLISH VOYAGES 



A note of the lying of the land unto the 

 Southward of Port Desire. 



N primis, Scales bay standeth unto the 

 Southwards of Port Desire 12 leagues 

 Southsouthwest. Furthermore, unto the 

 Southwards of Scales bay 3 leagues, you 

 shall have very low land. Also more 

 unto the Southwards of Seales bay 7 

 leagues, in the heighth of 48 degrees 

 40 minuts, you shall see a rocke 5 leagues off the shore, 

 the land lying Southwest and by South. 



Item, In the latitude of 49 degrees J, you shall see 

 a small flat Hand, about a league and an halfe off the 

 shore, the land lying Southwest and by South. Further- 

 more, from the latitude of 49 degrees ^ unto the 

 latitude of 50 degrees, the land lieth South and by 

 West, and is high land. 



Item, From the latitude of 50 degrees unto the 

 latitude of 50 degrees 40 minuts, the land lieth South- 

 west and by South. Furthermore, from the latitude 

 of 50 degrees 40 minuts unto the latitude of 52 degrees 

 17 minuts, the land lieth South and by West, North 

 and by East. 



Item, In the sayd latitude of 52 degrees 17 minuts, 

 there goeth in an harborow, which is to be knowen by 

 a long beache that lieth on the South side of the 

 harborow. Moreover, the sayd harborow standeth 12 

 leagues unto the Northwards of Cape Joy. Further- 

 more, from the latitude of 52 degrees 17 minuts unto 

 the latitude of 52 degrees 40 minuts (in which heigth 

 standeth Cape Joy) the land lieth Southsoutheast, and 

 Northnorthwest. 



Item, Comming from the Northwards, you shall see 

 before you come to Cape Joy, a very long beach, about 

 the length of 8 leagues, being 5 leagues short of the 

 cape unto the Northwards. Also unto the Southwards 

 of the cape, you shall see another beach about a league 



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