| 1. | In this distress , we had besides the terror of the storm , one of our men dyed of the calenture , and one man and the boy wash d over board ; about the 12th day the weather abating a little , the master made an observation as well as he could , and found that he was in about 11 degrees north latitude , but that he was 22 degrees of longitude difference west from cape st . augustino ; so that he found he was gotten upon the coast of guinea , or the north part of brasil , beyond the river amozones , toward that of the river oronoque , commonly call d the great river , and began to consult with me what course he should take , for the ship leaky and very much disabled , and he was going directly back to the coast of brasil
在这危急的情况下，风暴已使我们惊恐万状，而这时船上一个人又患热带病死去，还有一个人和那个小佣人被大浪卷到海里去了。到第二十二天，风浪稍息船长尽其所能进行了观察，发现我们的船已刮到北纬十一度左右的地方，但在圣奥古斯丁角以西二十二经度。船长发现，我们的船现在所处的位置在巴西北部或圭亚那海岸我们已经驶过了亚马孙河的入海口，靠近那条号称"大河"的俄利诺科河了。 |
