A Table shewing the Order how the Seamen may
keep his Accompts, whereby he may at all times distinctly examine his former
practises, for in every 24 hours, which is from noon to noon, he doth not
only lay down his Latitude, which the Corse and Leagues, but also how the
Wind hath blown in the same time.
The first Colume is the months and dayes of the same; the second is the observed
Altitude, the third is the Horizontal Corse or motion of the Ship, the fourth
the number of Leagues that the Ship hath sayled, the fifth is a space wherein
must be noted, by what Wind those things have been performed: and the next
great space is to lay down any brief Discourse for your memory.
| Month, and dayes of the month | Latitude | Corse | Leagues | Wind | The 13th of March, Cape Augujiiu in Brasil being 16 leagues East of me, I begin this accompt | |
| Deg | Min | |||||
|
March 24
|
7 | 30 | NNE | 25 | East | The Compasse varied 9 degrees, the South points westward |
|
25
|
5 | 44 | NbE | 30 | EbN | |
|
26
|
4 | 1 | NbE | 35 | EbN | |
|
27
|
2 | 49 | N | 24 | EbN | Compasse varied 8 degrees, the South points westward |
|
28
|
1 | 31 | NE | 26 | EbN | |
|
29
|
1 | 4 | NNW | 9 | NE | |
|
31
|
0 | 0 | NbW | 21 | ENE | Compasse varied 6 deg 40min, the South points westward |
|
Aprill 4
|
0 | 39 | NWbN | 15 | NE | |
|
7
|
1 | 53 | NNW | 28 | NE | Observation of the Pole Arctick above the horizon |
|
9
|
3 | 5 | NWbN | 20 | NEbE | |
|
10
|
4 | 5 | NWbN | 22 | NE | |
|
11
|
4 | 45 | NW | 18 | NEbN | |
|
12
|
5 | 16 | NW | 14 | NEbN | Compasse varied 6degrees, the north points Eastward. |
|
13
|
6 | 11 | NWbN | 23 | NE | |
|
14
|
7 | 16 | NWbN | 24 | NE | |