| Back | I was positively against that; and looking over the charts of the sea-coast of America with him, we concluded there was no inhabited country for us to have recourse to till we came within the circle of the Caribbee Islands, and therefore resolved to stand away for Barbadoes; which, by keeping off at sea, to avoid the indraft of the Bay or Gulf of Mexico, we might easily perform, as we hoped, in about fifteen days’ sail; whereas we could not possibly make our voyage to the coast of Africa without some assistance both to our ship and to ourselves. |
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| Front | Nos pusimos a estudiar las cartas de la costa americana y llegamos a la conclusión de que no había ninguna tierra habita da, hacia la cual pudiéramos dirigirnos, antes de llegar a la cuenca de las islas del Caribe. Así, pues, decidimos dirigirnos hacia Barbados, manteniéndonos en alta mar, para evitar las corrientes de la bahía o golfo de México. |
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