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Record Nr.

UNINA9910459127303321

Titolo

Narratives of voyages towards the North-West, in search of a passage to Cathay and India, 1496 to 1631 : with selections from the early records of the Honourable the East India Company and from MSS. in the British Museum / / edited by Thomas Run

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Routledge, , 2016

ISBN

1-317-09025-X

1-315-59736-5

1-282-81942-9

9786612819421

1-4094-1510-4

Descrizione fisica

vi, xx, 259 p. : map

Altri autori (Persone)

RundallThomas

Disciplina

910.916327

Soggetti

Electronic books.

Northwest Passage

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published Ashgate Pub.

Reprint of the 1849 edition published by the Hakluyt Society.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

part Narratives -- chapter 1496 Sebastian Cabota: From Hakluyt -- chapter Sir Martin Frobisher: From Best: Hakluyt; and Mss. Brit. Mus. -- chapter Master John Davis: From Hakluyt -- chapter Captain George Waymouth: From the Ms. Records of the East India Company. -- chapter 1606 Master John Knight; from Purchas -- chapter 1610 Master Henry Hudson; from Purchas -- chapter 1612 Sir Thomas Button: -- chapter 1612 James Hall; from Purchas -- chapter 1614 Captain Gibbons; from North-west Foxe -- chapter Bylot and Baffin: 1615 Chart of the Track within Resolution Island, from an autograph draft by Baffin (Mss. Brit. Mus.) -- chapter 1619 Captain Hawkridge; from North-west Foxe and. E. I. Mss -- chapter 1631 Captain Luke Fox; from North-west Foxe -- chapter 1631 Captain James; from a Collection of Voyages and Travels by Harris -- chapter Conclusion -- chapter Appendix Supplementary Notes -- chapter Post-Scriptum.