As all the violent gales by which we suffered in this navigation, blew from the westward, it is proper to stand about a hundred leagues or more to the westward, after sailing out of the streight, that the ship may not be endangered on a lee-shore, which at present is wholly unknown.
The following table shews the courses and distances, from point to point, in the streight of Magellan, by compass.[49]
[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.
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