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At 5 p. m. bottom was found at fifteen brazas, with the same kind of bottom material.
From
The March of Portola and the Discovery of the Bay of San Francisco
by Eldredge, Zoeth Skinner
It is distant from the mainland of China eighteen leguas, and has a depth at the entrance of eighteen brazas, and a capacity of five hundred ships.
From
The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 22 of 55
1625-29
Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century.
by Robertson, James Alexander
This was so carelessly executed that, upon throwing the anchor, they could not find bottom, whereupon they grounded the galleon in four brazas of water.
From
The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 18 of 55
1617-1620
Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century
by Robertson, James Alexander
It chooses desert islands and those full of sand, where it first makes a hole one or one and one-half brazas deep; and after having laid its eggs, it covers them over with sand.
From
The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume 29 of 55
Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the
Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of
the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books
and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial
and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their
Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of
the Nineteenth Century
by Various
A piece of land, fifty brazas long, and thirty wide, is sufficient for the support of a family.
From
The Former Philippines thru Foreign Eyes
by Craig, Austin
