Voyages of Captain Luke Foxe, of Hull, Captain Thomas James, of - With Narratives of Earlier North West Voyages of Frobisher, Davis

Klappentext Volumes 88 89 of the publications of the Hakluyt Society (1894) describe the search for a North-West Passage. Zusammenfassung The publications of the Hakluyt Society (founded in 1846) made available edited (and sometimes translated) early accounts of exploration. Two volumes from 1884 contain accounts of the attempts by Captains James and Foxe in 1631 to find a route through Arctic waters to Asia! together with those of earlier explorers. Inhaltsverzeichnis Editor's preface; Introduction: Preliminary remarks; Voyages preceding those of Foxe and James; Captain Luke Foxe's voyage; Captain Thomas James's voyage; Concluding remarks; Post-script; North-West Fox: Facsimile title-page; Address to the king; Preface to the reader; King Arthur's conquests; Octher's voyage; Voyages of the Zeni and others; Frobisher's first voyage, 1576; Frobisher's second voyage, 1577; Frobisher's third voyage, 1578; Davis's first voyage, 1585; Davis's second voyage, 1586; Davis's third voyage, 1587; Waymouth's voyage, 1602; Hall's first voyage, 1605; Hall's second voyage, 1606; Hall's third voyage, 1607; Hall's fourth voyage, 1612; Knight's voyage, 1606; Hudson's voyage, 1610-11; Button's voyage, 1612-13; Gibbon's voyage, 1614; Bylot and Baffin's first voyage, 1615; Bylot and Baffin's second voyage, 1616; Hawkridge's voyage, ?1617.

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• Authors: Miller Christy
• Assisted by: Miller Christy (Editor), Christy Miller (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 20.05.2010
• EAN: 9781108013550
• ISBN: 978-1-108-01355-0
• No. of pages: 524
• Series: Cambridge History of Latin Ame; Cambridge Library Collection - Hakluyt First Series
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Modern era up to 1918; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Northwest Territories, HISTORY / Historical Geography, HISTORY / Canada / Pre-Confederation (to 1867), HISTORY / Expeditions & Discoveries, Geographical discovery & exploration, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, History of the Americas, Geographical discovery and exploration, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599, C 1600 To C 1700, Arctic regions, Historical Geography