U o u . R N , A L.
16
' 77J. March.
18. Madethecoall.of Africa,- near Moffcl-Bay.' .
22. Anchored in Table-Bay, at the'Capo of Good Hope.
April. . .
27. Sailed from the Cape.
May. p
IS. Saw the ifland of St. Helena, and anchored about midnight in James’s
a t . Set fail in company with the Dutton Indiaman. "
28. Saw Afcenlion Ifland, and anchored in Ctofs Bay.
31. In the afternoon we failed from Afcenfion.
J une.
9- We raw 'and paired the Me of Fernando Noronha.
J uly. | . . .
!ï - ®aw tbe Azores, or Weilern Iflands. “
14. Anchored in Fayal Road.
19. At day-breakTet fail from Fayal, ..
2.0. Left the Azores,
29. Paired'the Lizard; law the Start, and Eddlltone.
30. Anchored at Spithead.
Bay.
t h e
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D U R I N G A
V O Y A G E
R 0 u N D T H E w 0 R L D.
JNTER CRIMINA INGRATI AKUMI 1ET HOC DUXERIM,1 quod NATURAM EJUS (TERRJE.)
IGNORAMUS,
Pu n . Hift. Nat. Lib. 2. C . 64,
c H A P. I.
Remarks on the Earth and Lands ; their Inequalities,
Strata, and conjlituent Parts.
S E C T . I.
L A R G E L A N D S . ;
f J A H E globe o f the earth contains, as far as we know, three
large mafies o f land. In the Eaflern hemiiphere we find firfi:
that mafs, which is commonly called the Old World, and which
comprehends three large parts, bearing the appellation o f Continents,
and diftinguiflied by the names o f Europe, Afia, and Africa.
T h e next in fize, and in the order o f time, when it was made
known to European nations, is fituated in the Weilern hemifphere,
C and
‘L A N D S .