A.D. 



1588. 



THE ENGLISH VOYAGES 



I 



Leagues 

 1200. 



A note of the distance and course from the cape 

 of Buena Esperanza unto the Northwards. 



Tern, From the cape of Buena Esperanza unto the 

 land of Santa Helena, the course is Northwest, and 

 Northwest and by West, and the distance betweene them 

 Leagues 600. is 600 leagues. 



Item, From the iland of Santa Helena unto the iland 

 of Flores, the course betweene them is Northnorthwest, 

 and Northwest and by North, and the distance betweene 

 them is 1200 leagues. 



Item, From the iland of Flores unto the lands end 

 of England, the course is betweene the Eastnortheast, 

 and the Northeast and by East, and the distance be- 

 tweene them is foure hundred and fifty leagues. 



A note of the variation of our Compasse. 



N primis, The variation of our compasse 

 on the coast of New Spaine in the 

 South sea in the latitude of 12 degrees, 

 was one point to the Eastwards. 



Item, the variation of our compasse 



betweene the cape of California and the 



ilands of the Philippinas, was one point 



and an halfe unto the Eastward, that was, that the North 



did stand North and by East, and halfe a point unto 



the East. 



Item, The variation of our compasse betweene the 

 ilands of Maluco and the cape of Buena Esperanza, was 

 two points and an halfe at the most to the Westward, 

 that was, that the Northnortheast was our North. 



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