[Footnote 49: Bougainville, in the account of his voyage, has given a tolerably minute chart of the straight of Magellan, but the names do not correspond with those used here, or by the English navigators in general. Perhaps the fullest and most accurate chart of this very intricate and unsafe passage ever published, is to be found in the American Atlas of Jefferys, London, 1775. It is enlarged from one published at Madrid in 1709, improved from the surveys and observations of Byron, Wallis, and Carteret, and compared with those of Bougainville. Like all the works of Jefferys, the Arrowsmith of his day, it exhibits most commendable diligence and attention to every source of information. After all, however, it seems unlikely that this streight will ever become well known to Europeans, the inducement to navigate it being indeed very inconsiderable at any time, and the dangers it presents always highly formidable.--E.]
Courses and Distances from Point to Point, in the Streight of Magellan by Compass.
Cape Virgin Mary lies in latitude 52°24'S., and longitude 68°22'W. From Courses. Miles. Latitude, Long.
From Courses. Miles. Latitude, Long.
Cape Virgin Mary to Dungeness Point S.by W. 5 52°28' 68°28'
Dungeness Point to Point Possession W.3/4 S. 18 52 23 68 57
Point Possession to the S. side of
the 1st Narrows S.W.1/4 S. 27 52 35 69 38
The N. to the S. end of the Narrows S.S.W. 9 ---- ----
The S. end of the Narrows to Cape
Gregory W.S.W.1/4 W. 25 52 39 70 31
Cape Gregory to Sweepstakes Foreland S.30°W. 12-1/3 ---- ----
Cape Gregory to Dolphin's Foreland S.W.1/2 W. 14 52 43 70 53
Dolphin's Foreland to the N. end of
Elizabeth's Island S.1/2 W. 14-3/4 52 56 71 6
The N. end of Elizabeth's Island to
St Bartholomew's Island E.N.E. 1-1/2 52 56 71 4
The N. end of Elizabeth's Island to
St George's Island S.E. 8 ---- ----
The N. end of Elizabeth's Island to
Porpus Point S.byW. 12 53 6 71 17
Porpus Point to Fresh-water Bay S.1/2 E. 22-2/3 ---- ----
Fresh-water Bay to Cape St Ann, or
Port Famine S.S.E.1/4 E. 13-2/3 53 42 71 28
Cape St Ann to the entry of a great
sound on the south shore N.E. ---- ---- ----
Cape St Ann to Cape Shut-up S.byE. 12 53 54 71 32
Cape Shut-up to Dolphin's Island S.S.W. 7 53 59 71 41
Dolphin's Island to Cape Froward,
the southermost in all America S.47 W. 11 54 3 71 59
Cape Froward to Snug Bay Point W.1/2 N. 8 ---- ----
Snug, Bay Point to Cape Holland W.byS 13-2/3 53 57 72 34
Cape Holland to Cape Gallant W.1/4 S. 21-1/2 53 50 73 9
Cape Gallant to Elizabeth's Bay W.N.W.1/2 W 11-1/2 53 48 73 24
Elizabeth's Bay to York Point W.N.W.1/2 W. 6-1/3 53 39 73 32
York Road to Cape Cross-tide W.3/4 S. 10 ---- ----
York Road to Cape Quod W.1/2 S. 21 53 33 74 6
Cape Quod to St David's Head S.E. 4-1/2 ---- ----
Cape Quod to Butler's Bay S.1/4 W. 4 53 37 74 9
Cape Quod to Chance Bay S.S.W. 5 ---- ----
Cape Quod to Great Mussel Bay S.W.1/2 S. 6 ---- ----
Cape Quod to Snow Sound W.S.W.1/2 W. 10 ---- ----
Cape Quod to Lion's Cove W.N.W.3/4 W. 12 53 26 74 25
Lion's Cove to Good-Luck Bay W.N.W.3/4 W. 6 53 23 74 33
Cape Quod to Cape Notch W.N.W.3/4 W. 21 53 22 74 36
Cape Notch to Swallow Harbour S.S.E. 7 53 29 74 36
Cape Notch to Piss-pot Bay W.1/4 S. 23 ---- ----
Cape Notch to Cape Monday W. 28 53 12 75 26
Cape Monday to Cape Upright W.byN. 13 53° 6' 75° 38'
Cape Monday to a great Sound on
the N. shore N. 7 ---- ----
Cape Upright to Cape Providence N.byW.1/2 W. 9 52 57 75 37
Cape Upright to Cape Tamar N.W.byW.1/2 W 18 ---- ----
Cape Upright to Cape Pillar W.1/2 N. 50 52 43 76 52
Cape Pillar to Westminster Island N.E.1/2 N. 15 ---- ----
Cape Pillar to Cape Victory N.W.1/2 N. 28 ---- ----
Cape Pillar to the Islands of W.N.W. 23 52 27 77 19
Direction
SECTION IV.
The Passage from the Streight of Magellan to King George the Third's Island, called Otaheite, in the South Sea, with an Account of the Discovery of several other Islands, and a Description of their Inhabitants. As we continued our course to the westward, after having cleared the streight, we saw a great number of gannets, sheerwaters, pintado birds, and many others, about the ship, and had for the most part strong gales, hazy weather, and heavy seas, so that we were frequently brought under our courses, and there was not a dry place in the ship for some weeks together.
At eight in the morning of the 22d, we had an observation, by which we found our longitude to be 95°46'W. and at noon our latitude was 42°24'S. and the variation, by azimuth, 11°6'E.
By the 24th, the men began to fall down very fast in colds and fevers, in consequence of the upper works being open, and their clothes and beds continually wet.
On the 26th, at four in the afternoon, the variation, by azimuth, was 10°20'E. and at six in the morning of the next day, it was 9°8'E. Our latitude, on the 27th at noon, was 36°54'S. our longitude, by account, 100°W. This day, the weather being moderate and fair, we dried all the people's clothes, and got the sick upon deck, to whom we gave salop, and wheat boiled with, portable soup, every morning for breakfast, and all the ship's company had as much vinegar and mustard as they could use; portable soup was also constantly boiled in their pease and oatmeal.
The hard gales, with frequent and violent squalls, and a heavy sea soon returned, and continued with very little intermission. The ship pitched so much, that we were afraid she would carry away her masts, and the men were again wet in their beds.