Purchas his pilgrimes. part 3 In fiue bookes. The first, contayning the voyages and peregrinations made by ancient kings, patriarkes, apostles, philosophers, and others, to and thorow the remoter parts of the knowne world: enquiries also of languages and religions, especially of the moderne diuersified professions of Christianitie. The second, a description of all the circum-nauigations of the globe. The third, nauigations and voyages of English-men, alongst the coasts of Africa ... The fourth, English voyages beyond the East Indies, to the ilands of Iapan, China, Cauchinchina, the Philippinæ with others ... The fifth, nauigations, voyages, traffiques, discoueries, of the English nation in the easterne parts of the world ... The first part.

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Title: Purchas his pilgrimes. part 3 In fiue bookes. The first, contayning the voyages and peregrinations made by ancient kings, patriarkes, apostles, philosophers, and others, to and thorow the remoter parts of the knowne world: enquiries also of languages and religions, especially of the moderne diuersified professions of Christianitie. The second, a description of all the circum-nauigations of the globe. The third, nauigations and voyages of English-men, alongst the coasts of Africa ... The fourth, English voyages beyond the East Indies, to the ilands of Iapan, China, Cauchinchina, the Philippinæ with others ... The fifth, nauigations, voyages, traffiques, discoueries, of the English nation in the easterne parts of the world ... The first part.
Author: Purchas, Samuel, 1577?-1626.
Publication: London :: Printed by William Stansby for Henrie Fetherstone, and are to be sold at his shop in Pauls Church-yard at the signe of the Rose,; 1625.
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[ 30] This Note following was found in an old Booke of Accompts, in the Yeere 1596.

INprimis, From Gtad in Norway, standing neere the Latitude of sixtie three Degrees,* 1.1 you shall hold your course due West: and that course will bring you vpon Swartnesse in Gron∣land. And in this course is the least streame and least perill of Swalgen or Indrafts. There is lesse perill this way, then is on the North-side; you shall keepe 2/••. of the Sea on Freesland side, and one third on Island side. And if it bee cleere weather,* 1.2 and you haue kept your course right West, you shall see the Mount of Sneuels Iokul in the South-west part of Island. And if you haue a storme in the North, you must shunne it as you can, till Whitsarke be North of you. Then [ 40] shall you sayle right with it, and seeke the Land: and you shall finde a good Hauen, called Ericks Ford.

Item, If you bee betweene Gronland and Island, you may see Sneuels Iokul on Island, and Whitsarke on Gronland, if it be cleere weather. Therefore men of experience doe affirme, that it is but thirtie leagues betweene both.

Also if you haue a storme betweene Gronland and Island, you must haue care you bee not laid on Freesland with the streame and Winde; for the streame or Current doth run strong vpon Freesland, out of the North.

Also if you haue a storme out of the South, you shall not sayle out of your course,* 1.3 but keepe it as neere as you can possibly, till Whitsarke in Gronland beare North off you: then [ 50] sayle toward it, and you shall come into Ericks Ford, as it is afore-said in the first Article.

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* 1.1

Courses for Gronland.

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* 1.2

A storme in the North. Whitsarke. Ericks Ford.

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* 1.3

A storme in the South·

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