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Title: A chronological history of the discoveries in the South Sea or Pacific Ocean ; illustrated with charts
Year: 1803 (1800s)
Authors: Burney, James, 1750-1821
Subjects: Voyages and travels Buccaneers
Publisher: London : Printed by Luke Hansard
Contributing Library: University of Pittsburgh Library System
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Pittsburgh Library System

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following April. On theaoth of May, in the night and in stormy weather, being thenby conjecture not far from the South East Cape of Japan, theyunexpectedly fell in with a low Island which put the ships, theKastrikom especially, in great peri! of being wrecked, and occa-sioned them to be separated from each other, on which accounttlie Island was named Ormelukkig (Uiduch/) .* Afterwards, both * Witseu. Part id, p. 55. Edit. 1692. Fo/gt het dul/beld van zfkeien briej, Kc.i. e. Accorditig to the copi/ of a certain letter, w/iick, conceniiug the clisr.overy .)/ theland of Eso, zoas sent from Ealavia to Holland in the year 1644. The cljaits pub-lished by P. Goos and J. Janson, of the discoveries niadc by the Kastrikom andBreskens, \Ai\CG Ongelnkkig Eylundt in about 3:3° 25 N latitude, and nearly SbWfrom the South East corner of Japan ; in which situation, the later ciiarts laydown Fatsisio, or Fatsisio-gasima, which signifies the 80 fathoms Island, in aUusionto the deptli of llie sea. the
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ISWa et Aciuiata lAPONI.E .TERR.E ESOKIS, ac Insiilarum adiaceutium exNovilsinia detectiono descriptio. Apud loannem tuilsonjuin. A N D B R E S XV E N S. 155 the ships pursued their voyage to the North, but not in com- chap. 6.pany: accordingly their course and proceedings are to be 1643.separately related; and first of the Kastrikoni, Captain de Vries, •^ the account of whose navigation is here given nearly literallyfrom the Korte heschryvinghe van Eso, and from the letter sentfrom Batavia. To reconcile these accounts, or rather to obviateperplexities, it has been necessar) to vary from the order in whichthe geographical and nautical descriptions stand in the Korteheschryvinghe./The Kastrikom sailed along the East coast of Japan, and Course ofpassed many fishins: boats, some of which went to her in a J ^^P * _ -^ ° Kastrikom. friendly manner. On the 4th of June, she was near a Cape of June.Japan named Naho by the people of the country, but which the CapeNabo.Hollanders called Cape

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