11,506 Knots in the "Sunbeam" in 1883: Malta, Gibraltar, Madeira, West Indies, Bermudas, and Azores

afternoon anchor Arrived Azores barometer beauty board the Sunbeam Brassey calm canvas Caraccas centre Channel climate clouds cocoa command coral reefs Cuba Date Sail Steam December devoted direct course dockyard Donald Currie east elevation England Equator export favouring breeze feet Funchal gale gradually Guayra Gulf of Paria Gun Cay height hills island Jamaica Kelly Kingston knots an hour La Guayra labour land latitude law of storms light Longitude MADEIRA TO TRINIDAD mainsail Malta Michael's midnight miles morning moun mountains Nassau to Bermuda naval establishment navigation negro night noble north coast north-east numbers Ocho Rios Olga passage Peter Simple Plymouth Port Antonio port bow Port of Spain Port Royal position present Punta Delgada rapid rounded Cape Sail Steam Lat scene scenery September seven knots ship shore southern steamers steering Storm field summit tion Trade winds tropical Venezuela vessel voyage weather West Indies wind shifts