Close

Atlantic Ocean, French Guiana

First mate’s logbook

Squally sky with rain in the morning. At dawn we saw the land to SW by S of us. Today a female slave – the last of the women in childbed – passed way, No.21. During the forenoon we set sail for W, and we got a depth of 23 to 11½ feet. At noon our estimated compound course and covered distance of the last 24 hours was WSW½S 16 miles, arriving at an estimated north latitude of 5º3’ , longitude 337º29′. We gauged the Euripische Islands at an estimated 4 miles to the SE½E of us. Therefore, after that gauging, we set ourselves 11º39′ or 174¾ miles. We set sail for the NW by W. In the afternoon the wind was gentle, mostly quiet. We measured a depth of 8 feet. During the dog watches a gentle and average topgallant sail breeze came from NE and the weather was good. We set sail for NW by N and we hit a depth of 9 feet. We got a depth of 15 feet 2 glasses into the first watch, and we set sail for WNW. We kept the depth of 15 feet. During the middle watch we set sail for W by N and we got a depth of 11 feet. Today a male slave passed away, No.22. An average topgallant sail breeze came from NE until the morning.