Sea Travel in the South

It appears that sea navigation in the South has historically been a difficult endeavor. While ship logs from the southern seas are difficult to find online, prior investigation into this subject has produced information of interest.

Zetetic Cosmogony
On p.30 of Zetetic Cosmogony by Thomas Winship we read:

Alexander Gleason
On [https://archive.org/details/AlexGleasonIsTheBibleFromHeaven/page/n396 pg. 396] of Alexander Gleason's book ''Is the Bible from Heaven? Is the Earth a Globe?'', its author relays the following: