At Noon On The 29th Of January 1541, I Took
The Altitude Of The Sun, Which At Its Great Height Rose 62-3/4 Degrees
Above The Horizon, The Declination Of This Day Being 15 Degrees, Whence
The Latitude Of The Promontory Possidium And Mouth Of The Straits Is
12 Deg.
15' N. The pilot took the same altitude with me, and being taken on
the land, it cannot but be accurate.
[Footnote 274: From this expression it is probable that Don Juan had
described the channel between the island of Pria and the shore of
Arabia, or rather the pilot island. - E.]
SECTION III.
Continuation of the Voyage, from the Straits of Bab-el-Man-dub, to
Massua.
On the same night, two hours after midnight, we set sail from the mouth
of the straits, and by day-light on the 30th we saw the land of both the
Arabian and African coasts, being nearer to the latter. The wind blew
hard at E.S.E. till noon, and we sailed to the N.W. and by W. making our
way by a channel between the first islands and the coast of Abyssinia,
till that day unknown to the Portuguese, being about 4 leagues distant
from that coast. An hour after sunrise, we saw a range of islands along
the coast, most of them low, stretching from S.E. to N.W. and which
extended about 60 leagues. Continuing our course in this channel with a
fair wind, we saw many little islands on either side, at whatsoever part
we cast our eyes.
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