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Page 37
The ship made 8 miles an hour , and from ten in the forenoon , when that course was taken , until sunset , 56 miles , which is 14 leagues to the eastward from the Cabo de Cuba . The other land of Bohio was left to leeward .
The ship made 8 miles an hour , and from ten in the forenoon , when that course was taken , until sunset , 56 miles , which is 14 leagues to the eastward from the Cabo de Cuba . The other land of Bohio was left to leeward .
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he discovered , according to his reckoning , 80 miles , equal to 20 leagues , all that coast running E.S.E. and W.N.W. Wednesday , 14th of November . All last night the Admiral was beating to windward ( he said that it would be ...
he discovered , according to his reckoning , 80 miles , equal to 20 leagues , all that coast running E.S.E. and W.N.W. Wednesday , 14th of November . All last night the Admiral was beating to windward ( he said that it would be ...
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In the afternoon there was some wind from the east , and he shaped a N.N.E. course . At sunset the Puerto del Principe bore S.S.W. 7 leagues . He saw the island of Babeque bearing due east about 60 miles .
In the afternoon there was some wind from the east , and he shaped a N.N.E. course . At sunset the Puerto del Principe bore S.S.W. 7 leagues . He saw the island of Babeque bearing due east about 60 miles .
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At vespers he had gone 24 miles . Afterwards the wind changed to east , and he steered S. b . E. , at sunset having gone 12 miles . Here he found himself fortytwo degrees * north of the equinoctial line , as in the port of Mares ...
At vespers he had gone 24 miles . Afterwards the wind changed to east , and he steered S. b . E. , at sunset having gone 12 miles . Here he found himself fortytwo degrees * north of the equinoctial line , as in the port of Mares ...
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When the sun rose he was as far off as the day before , owing to adverse currents , the land being 40 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 ...
When the sun rose he was as far off as the day before , owing to adverse currents , the land being 40 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 ...
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| Title | Old South Leaflets Old South Leaflets, Old South Association Issue 5 of Old South leaflets: Annual series |
| Contributor | Old South Association |
| Publisher | Directors of the Old South Work, 1902 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 13 Mar 2010 |
| Length | 8 pages |
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