A Life of John Davis, the Navigator, 1550-1605: Discoverer of Davis StraitsGeorge Philip & Son, 1889 - 301 pages |
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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 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 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 leagues Lord Magellan's Strait master Mercator merchants Michelborne Muscovy Company narrative natives navigation North-West Passage northern observations pinnace Port Desire published Queen reached returned Robert Bylot sailed sailors Sanderson Sandridge Sarmiento Seaman's Secrets seamen 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