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Capt Clerke's Abstract
1778
| Latitude North | East Longitude from Greenwch |
East Longitude from Ferro |
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| 7th March | Made the Coast of America | |||
| 29th | 49.30 | 233.20 | 251. E 109 W |
King George's Sound, Got into Port after many Storms Got here wood & water, a new Mizen & Foretopmast |
| 26 April | Put to Sea, met a violent storm in which the Resolution sprung a leak Passed much of the Coast |
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| 17th May |
61.0 | 213.0 | 230.40 E 129.20 W |
Sandwich Sound staid but a few days - When at Sea found the Coast quite unlike any Draughts of it ancient or modern: Met |
| 18th July | 59.4 | 198.0 | 215.40 E 144.20 W |
→ to No. of C. Newenham with many Obstacles before passed the Narrow Strait which divides Asia from America, where |
| 11th Augt [S53°E v. 13Lee] |
E.Pt. Asia 66.5
W.Pt. of America |
190.22
191.40 |
208 E 152 W 209 E |
The Coast of America takes a N.E direction, followed it in hopes of having overcome all difficulties |
| 17th | 70.45 | 198.0 | 215.40 E 144.20 W |
Stopt by an impenetrable body of Ice & were almost driven ashore. Tried & found the same Barrier stretch quite over to Asia |
| 29 th | 69.00 |
180.30 |
198 E 162 W |
Made the Coast of Asia. As winter was setting in Steered SE along the Coast of Asia |
| 3d Sept | Repassed the Strait & steered over for the American Coast to search for wood etc, Sought in vain for a Harbour The Coast has no wood but drift except in one place where had been before The Coasts of the two Continents are flat for some distance off, In the middle between the two is little depth of water, from whence & other circumstances it is supposed there is more Land in the Frozen Sea than as yet known. |
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| 12th | 64.30 | 197.30 | 215 E 145 W |
Norton Sound |
| 20th Oct |
53.55 | 192.30 | 210 E 150 W |
At Harbour of Samganoodha in the Island Unalaschka [Oonalaska] on the Coast of America |
| 26th | Sailed from thence |
1778
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