A Life of John Davis: The Navigator, 1550-1605, Discoverer of Davis StraitsDodd, Mead, 1889 - 301 pages |
Contents
CHAP | 1 |
PREPARATIONS FOR THE NORTH | 13 |
THE FIRST AND SECOND ARCTIC VOYAGES | 33 |
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A Life of John Davis, the Navigator, 1550-1605, Discoverer of Davis Straits Clements Robert Markham No preview available - 2018 |
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Achen Adrian Gilbert adventurers afterwards anchored Arctic arrived attempt Azores Baffin boat Bylot called Captain Davis Cavendish charts command crew Dartmouth Davis Strait Davis's discovered discovery Drake Dutch Earl of Cumberland East India Company Elizabeth England English entrance Eskimos expedition explorers fleet fresh Frisland Frobisher gale geographical globe Greenland harbour honour Hope Houtman Hudson's Bay Hudson's Strait island Janes John Davis July June King knowledge Lancaster land latitude Lord Magellan's Strait master Mercator merchants Michelborne Muscovy Company narrative natives navigation North-West Passage northern observations pinnace Port Desire Queen reached returned Robert Bylot sailed sailors Sanderson Sandridge Sarmiento seaman Seaman's Secrets sent shaped a course ship shore sighted Sir Thomas Smith Sir Walter Raleigh Spain Spaniards Spanish Spitzbergen squadron Stoke Gabriel Straits of Magellan tion tons vessels voyage west coast William William Baffin wind