ABSTRACT
The Ascension, of which Captain Alexander Sharpeigh 2 was general, and the Union, sailed from Woolwich on the 14th of March (1607-8), and having on the passage touched at Teneriffe and Maio, arrived on the 14th of July at Saldanha Bay, where they remained till the 18th of September. During that time the pinnace was enlarged, and named the Hope; sheep and cattle were purchased, and oil for light was obtained from seals killed on Penguin Island.
