ISBN: 9783655023402

We sailed from Peru, (where we had continued for the space of one whole year) for China and Japan, by the South Sea; taking with us victuals for twelve months; and had good winds from the… Meer...

We sailed from Peru, (where we had continued for the space of one whole year) for China and Japan, by the South Sea; taking with us victuals for twelve months; and had good winds from the east, though soft and weak, for five months space, and more. But the wind came about, and settled in the west for many days, so as we could make little or no way, and were sometime in purpose to turn back. But then again there arose strong and great winds from the south, with a point east, which carried us up We sailed from Peru, (where we had continued for the space of one whole year) for China and Japan, by the South Sea; taking with us victuals for twelve months; and had good winds from the east, though soft and weak, for five months space, and more. But the wind came about, and settled in the west for many days, so as we could make little or no way, and were sometime in purpose to turn back. But then again there arose strong and great winds from the south, with a point east, which carried us up (for all that we could do) towards the north; by which time our victuals failed us, though we had made good spare of them. So that finding ourselves, in the midst of the greatest wilderness of waters in the world, without victuals, we gave ourselves for lost men and prepared for death. Yet we did lift up our hearts and voices to God above, who showeth his wonders in the deep, beseeching him of his mercy, that as in the beginning he discovered the face of the deep, and brought forth dry land, so he would now discover land to us, that we might not perish. And it came to pass that the next day about evening we saw within a kenning before us, towards the north, as it were thick clouds, which did put us in some hope of land; knowing how that part of the South Sea was utterly unknown; and might have islands, or continents, that hitherto were not come to light. Wherefore we bent our course thither, where we saw the appearance of land, all that night; and in the dawning of the next day, we might plainly discern that it was a land; flat to our sight, and full of boscage; which made it show the more dark. And after an hour and a half's sailing, we entered into a good haven, being the port of a fair city; not great indeed, but well built, and that gave a pleasant view from the sea: and we thinking every minute long, till we were on land, came close to the shore, and offered to land. But straightways we saw divers of the people, with bastons in their hands (as it were) forbidding EBooks, Books~~Language Arts~~General, New-Atlantis~~Francis-Bacon, 999999999, New Atlantis, Francis Bacon, 3655023405, MVB E-Books, , , , , MVB E-Books<

ISBN: 9783655023402

It is said that Francis Bacon's "New Atlantis" was prophetically written of the future United States of America and Bacon's vision of a utopian land where science could solve many of man'… Meer...

It is said that Francis Bacon's "New Atlantis" was prophetically written of the future United States of America and Bacon's vision of a utopian land where science could solve many of man's woes and ills. Bacon's influence on esoteric and scientific societies was monumental. He is said to have had a leading hand in the creation of the Royal Society of London and well as planting the seeds for modern Rosicrucianism and speculative Freemasonry. This classic work has been an unfinished guide for It is said that Francis Bacon's "New Atlantis" was prophetically written of the future United States of America and Bacon's vision of a utopian land where science could solve many of man's woes and ills. Bacon's influence on esoteric and scientific societies was monumental. He is said to have had a leading hand in the creation of the Royal Society of London and well as planting the seeds for modern Rosicrucianism and speculative Freemasonry. This classic work has been an unfinished guide for many who share in the hope of a better world. Photographic Reproduction of the 1915 Edition. Part of the Cornerstone Classic Reproduction Series. EBooks, Books~~Language Arts~~General, New-Atlantis~~Francis-Bacon, 999999999, New Atlantis, Francis Bacon, 3655023405, MVB E-Books, , , , , MVB E-Books<