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Philosophical Magazine, Vol. 22: Comprehending the Various Branches of Science, the Liberal and Fine Arts, Agriculture, Manufactures, and Commerce (Classic Reprint) - Softcover
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We did not pass through this strait, but sailed to the eastward, around Staaten Land. From St. Catharine to this place nothing remarkable occurred. Between lat. 46° and 53° south, we saw a great number of whales. One night the Neva struck against something, which in all pro hability was a whale. The greatest southern latitude to which we were obliged to proceed on account of the wind was 60 degrees. Whether we really doubled Cape Horn, or not, in the proper sense of the term, I cannot with eer tainty aflirm. On account of the north-west winds, which blow here so incessantly, and with so much violence, the captain is of opinion that navigators cannot be sure of con tinning their voyage with safety in the ocean till they have sailed round the wholeof Terra del Fuego. It is well known that capt. Bligh, who advanced so far as 78° west longitude from Greenwich, was obliged to return and steer for the Cape of Good hope, in order to reach the Sandwich islands. On the 2otb of March we were opposite to Cape Victoria and the Straits of Magellan. Cape Horn is not entirely undeserving of its bad name: it was stormy enough, and the land very high. How often we experienced storms I cannot exactly say. The eye becomes accustomed to heavy seas, and,by habit,the howling of the winds ceases to excite alarm. During these storms the heavens were filled with clouds; in the course of one of them we were'separated from the Neva, and did not see.ber again till we reached the Marquesas, where she arrived three days after us. The captain intended to remain some days at anchor at Easter Island, but the wind prevented us and, as we had resolved to proceed first to Kamtchatka, he was unwilling to lose time to no purpose. \ve therefore directed our course to the Marquesas.
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We did not pass through this strait, but sailed to the eastward, around Staaten Land. From St. Catharine to this place nothing remarkable occurred. Between lat. 46° and 53° south, we saw a great number of whales. One night the Neva struck against something, which in all pro hability was a whale. The greatest southern latitude to which we were obliged to proceed on account of the wind was 60 degrees. Whether we really doubled Cape Horn, or not, in the proper sense of the term, I cannot with eer tainty aflirm. On account of the north-west winds, which blow here so incessantly, and with so much violence, the captain is of opinion that navigators cannot be sure of con tinning their voyage with safety in the ocean till they have sailed round the wholeof Terra del Fuego. It is well known that capt. Bligh, who advanced so far as 78° west longitude from Greenwich, was obliged to return and steer for the Cape of Good hope, in order to reach the Sandwich islands. On the 2otb of March we were opposite to Cape Victoria and the Straits of Magellan. Cape Horn is not entirely undeserving of its bad name: it was stormy enough, and the land very high. How often we experienced storms I cannot exactly say. The eye becomes accustomed to heavy seas, and,by habit,the howling of the winds ceases to excite alarm. During these storms the heavens were filled with clouds; in the course of one of them we were'separated from the Neva, and did not see.ber again till we reached the Marquesas, where she arrived three days after us. The captain intended to remain some days at anchor at Easter Island, but the wind prevented us and, as we had resolved to proceed first to Kamtchatka, he was unwilling to lose time to no purpose. \ve therefore directed our course to the Marquesas.
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