A Voyage to 



ferv'd it to 27 Degrees, being to the Eaftward of the new 

 Iflands. 



After having got clear of the Ice, we were favoured with 

 a ftiff Gale at S. W. and S. S. W. as far as 3 5 Degrees La- 

 titude, and 39 of Longitude, where we had fome Calms ; 

 and then the Eaft Winds, which carry'd us as far as the 

 Tropiek of Capricorn. There we had four Days of Calm, 

 and pouring Rain, fo heavy, th^t the Catarafks of Heaven 

 feem'd to be open'd. 



After that, a little Wind came up ; and on Sunday, the 

 8th of April, we had Sight of the Ifland of the Afcenfion, 

 when, according to my Reckoning, we were to fee it ex- 

 adlly on the Manufcript Chart corre&ed, as I have faid, 

 having taken our Departure from La Conception at 75 

 Degrees 1 5 Minutes, which anfwer to the 3 03 Degrees 

 5 Minutes from the Meridian of Teneriff, inftead of 298, 

 which is that of the Dutch Charts. Thus I found that 

 Ifland in 32 Degrees 5 Minutes, which anfwer to the 346 

 Degrees 1 5 Minutes, that is, three more to the Weftward 

 than it is laid down. Thofe who had taken their Depar- 

 ture from La Conception on the Charts, found it 1 5 o Leagues 

 more to the Weft. This Error in Longitude is not the 

 only one ; it is alfo wrong laid down as to Latitude in 20 

 Degrees; for it is in 20 Degrees 25 Minutes, as Iobferv'd 

 at Anchor near the Land. 



This Ifland, calPd, according to the Portugueze Name, 

 'Afcenzao, to diftinguifh it from another Afcenjion Ifland, 

 which is in about fix Degrees towards the Coaft of Guinea, 

 is properly no other than a Rock, about a League and a 

 half long, very eafily to be known on the South and Weft 

 Sides, by a round Body of Stone like a Tower, fomewhat 

 conical, and almoft as high as the Ifland. On the Eaft it 

 forms as it were two Heads, which terminate the Cape. 

 It is ftili better to be known by three fmall Iflands, one of 

 which is about half a League long, lying E. and by N. ac- 

 cording to the Compafs, from the great Ifland of the Af- 

 cenfiofu N Thofe three fmall Iflands have caufed fome to be- 



