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gesigt van de groote inham, baaij de lagoa; gelegen op de zuidkust van Africa 88½ duische mijlen beoosten de caap de goede hoop. genomen van het riviertje cougha den 15. January 1778
R:J: Gordon
brete 33 graden 49 minuten. de punt caap recif op 34 gr. Z:B: 1 min: 52 sec:
X van dit punt is het gesigt genomen
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noord oost ten oosten
oost
overal sterke branding en meest deinsig langs dese kust met zuid oostewind, al zyn er gene wolken.
oost half zuid 1½ myl uit de wal. men kan tussen de wal en dit eiland op goede grond ankeren.
zuid oost ten oosten half oost. 2½ a 3 myl uit de wal.
zuidoost half zuid een kleine myl uit de wal.
caap des recifs. naa perestrelloos benoeming. zuiden.
swartkopsrivier.
zuidwest
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View of the great inlet, Algoa Bay, situated on the south coast of Africa 88½ German miles east of the Cape of Good Hope, taken from the rivulet the Cougha on the 15th January 1778.
R: J: Gordon
latitude 33 degrees 49 minutes; the point of Cape Recife on 34 degrees south latitude, 1 minute and 52 seconds.
X the view is taken from this point
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north east by east
east
Strong breakers everywhere and mostly misty along this coast with a south east wind although there are nor clouds
east half south 1½ miles from the sure. One can anchor on good ground between the shore and this island
south east by east half east. 2½ to 3 miles from the shore
south-east half south a short mile from the shore
Cape Recife, as it called by Perestrello
south
Swartkops River
Gordon’s journal of 15th January records quicksand across the mouth of the river. The distance he gives from this place to Cape Point is accurate to within 8 kilometres.