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Page 37
... miles an hour , and from ten in the forenoon , when that course was taken , until sunset , 56 miles , which is 14 leagues to the east- ward from the Cabo de Cuba . The other land of Bohio was left to leeward . Commencing from the cape ...
... miles an hour , and from ten in the forenoon , when that course was taken , until sunset , 56 miles , which is 14 leagues to the east- ward from the Cabo de Cuba . The other land of Bohio was left to leeward . Commencing from the cape ...
Page 38
... miles to the land , where he saw many islets and openings . As the wind was high and the sea rough , he did not dare ... miles , he found a very deep opening , a quarter of a mile wide , with a good port and river . He ran in with her ...
... miles to the land , where he saw many islets and openings . As the wind was high and the sea rough , he did not dare ... miles , he found a very deep opening , a quarter of a mile wide , with a good port and river . He ran in with her ...
Page 40
... miles . He steered N.E. all that night , making 60 miles , and up to ten o'clock of Tuesday another dozen altogether 18 leagues N.E. b . W. He saw * Las Casas does not seem to know the meaning of this word , and complains that Colum ...
... miles . He steered N.E. all that night , making 60 miles , and up to ten o'clock of Tuesday another dozen altogether 18 leagues N.E. b . W. He saw * Las Casas does not seem to know the meaning of this word , and complains that Colum ...
Page 41
... miles . Afterwards the wind changed to east , and he steered S. b . E. , at sunset having gone 12 miles . Here he found himself forty- two degrees north of the equinoctial line , as in the port of Mares , but he says that he kept the ...
... miles . Afterwards the wind changed to east , and he steered S. b . E. , at sunset having gone 12 miles . Here he found himself forty- two degrees north of the equinoctial line , as in the port of Mares , but he says that he kept the ...
Page 42
... miles off . This night Martin Alonso shaped a course to the east , to go to the island of Babeque , where the Indians say there is much gold . He did this in sight of the Admiral , from whom he was distant 16 miles . The Admiral stood ...
... miles off . This night Martin Alonso shaped a course to the east , to go to the island of Babeque , where the Indians say there is much gold . He did this in sight of the Admiral , from whom he was distant 16 miles . The Admiral stood ...
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