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The Three Voyages of William Barents to the Arctic Regions (1594, 1595, and 1596)

Note 685 — THE THIRD VOYAGE NORTH-WARD TO THE KINGDOMES OF CATHAIA and China, in Anno 1596.

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From the Low Land685 to the Streame Baie,686 the course east and west 4 [16] miles.

From the Streame Baie to the Ice-hauen Point,687 the course east and by north 3 [12] miles.

From the Ice-hauen Point to the Islands Point,688 the course east north-east 5 [20] miles.

From the Islands Point to the Flushingers Point,689 the course north-east and by east 3 [12] miles.

From the Flushingers Point to ye Head Point,690 the course north-east 4 [16] miles.

From the Head Point to the Point of Desire,691 the course south and north 6 [24] miles.

From the Point of Desire to the Island[s] of Orange,692 north-west 8 [32] miles.

From the Islands of Orange to the Ice Point,693 the course west and west and by south 5 [20] miles.

From the Ice Point to the Point of Thrust694 the course [west and] west and by south 25 [100] miles.

From the Point of Trust to Nassawes Point,695 the course696 west and by north 10 [40] miles.

From the Nassawe Point to the east end of the Crosse Island,697 the course west and by north 8 [32] miles.

From the east end of the Crosse Island to Williams Island,698 the course west and by south 3 [12] miles.

From Williams Island to the Black Point,699 the course west south-west 6 [24] miles.

From the Black Point, to the east end of the Admirable Island,700 the course west south-west 7 [28] miles.

From the east to the west point of the Admirable Island, the course west south-west 5 [20] miles.

From the west point of the Admirable Island to Cape Planto,701 the course south-west and by west 10 [40] miles.

From Cape de Planto to Lombs-bay,702 the course west south-west 8 [32] miles.

From Lombs-bay to the Staues Point,703 the course west south-west 10 [40] miles.

From the Staues Point to [Cape de Prior or] Langenesse,704 the course south-west and by south 14 [56] miles.

From [Cape Prior or] Langenes to Cape de Cant,705 the course south-west and by south 6 [24] miles.

From Cape de Cant to the Point with the black clifts,706 the course south and by west 4 [16] miles.

From the Point with the black cliftes to the Black Island,707 the course south south-east 3 [12] miles.

From the Black Island to Constint-sarke,708 the course east and west 2 [8] miles.

From Constint-sarke,709 to the Crosse Point,710 the course south south-east 5 [20] miles.

From Crosse Point to S. Laurence Bay,711 the course south-east712 6 [24] miles.

From S. Laurence Bay713 to Mel-hauen,714 the course [south] south-east 6 [24] miles.

From Mel-hauen to the Two Islands,715 the course south south-east 16 [64] miles.

From the 2 Islands, where we crost ouer to the Russia coast, to the Islands of Matfloo and Delgoye,716 the course south-west717 30 [120] myles.

From Matfloo and Delgoye to the creeke718 where we sailed the compasse [almost] round aboute, and came to the same place againe 22 [88] miles.

From that creeke to Colgoy,719 the course west north-west 18 [72] miles.

From Colgoy to the east point of Camdenas,720 the course west north-west 20 [80] miles.

From the east point of Camdenas to the west side of the White Sea, the course west north-west 40 [160] miles.

From the west point of the White Sea to the 7 Islands,721 the course north-west 14 [56] miles.

From the 7 Islands, to the west end of Kilduin,722 the course north-west 20 [80] miles.

From the west end of Kelduin to the place where John Cornelis came vnto vs,723 the course north-west and by west 7 [28] miles.

From thence to Cola,724 the course most725 southerly 18 [72] miles.

So that we sailed in two open scutes, some times in the ice, then ouer the ice, and through the sea 381 [1524] miles.726

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