A Chronological History of Voyages Into the Arctic Regions: Undertaken Chiefly for the Purpose of Discovering a North-east, North-west, Or Polar Passage Between the Atlantic and Pacific : from the Earliest Periods of Scandinavian Navigation to the Departure of the Recent Expeditions Under the Orders of Captains Ross and Buchan |
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There was besides in this place a fountain of hot water , with which the church of
the monastery and the chambers of the friars were heated , and which was also
brought into the kitchen so boiling hot , that no other fire was made use of for ...
There was besides in this place a fountain of hot water , with which the church of
the monastery and the chambers of the friars were heated , and which was also
brought into the kitchen so boiling hot , that no other fire was made use of for ...
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... twenty years , and gave an account of his having been driven by a violent
storm upon an island called Estotiland , about a thousand miles to the westward
of Frisland . He related that the island was well peopled ; that a man was brought
to ...
... twenty years , and gave an account of his having been driven by a violent
storm upon an island called Estotiland , about a thousand miles to the westward
of Frisland . He related that the island was well peopled ; that a man was brought
to ...
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... and printed in the collection of Ramusio , it would appear that Sebastian was
alone on this voyage of discovery ; as in this document Sebastian is thus made to
say : - " and when my father died , in that time when news were brought that Don
...
... and printed in the collection of Ramusio , it would appear that Sebastian was
alone on this voyage of discovery ; as in this document Sebastian is thus made to
say : - " and when my father died , in that time when news were brought that Don
...
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From an extract made by Hakluyt out of Fabian ' s Chronicle , it would appear that
the Cabots brought home three of the natives of Newfoundland . “ These savages
were clothed in beasts ' skins , and did eate raw flesh , and spake such ...
From an extract made by Hakluyt out of Fabian ' s Chronicle , it would appear that
the Cabots brought home three of the natives of Newfoundland . “ These savages
were clothed in beasts ' skins , and did eate raw flesh , and spake such ...
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He further relates that Cortereal brought fifty - i seven of the natives in his vessels
— he extols the country on account of the timber which it pro* Mundo Nuovo é
Paesi nuovamente retrovati , & c . Vicenza , 1507 ; a very rare book ; translated ...
He further relates that Cortereal brought fifty - i seven of the natives in his vessels
— he extols the country on account of the timber which it pro* Mundo Nuovo é
Paesi nuovamente retrovati , & c . Vicenza , 1507 ; a very rare book ; translated ...
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America appeared arrived attempt August bears boat brought called Cape Captain carried coast cold command Company continued course covered crew determined direction discovered discovery distance east England English entered expedition farther fell fish fitted five formed four gave give given Greenland hope Hudson's Bay hundred Indians island John July June King known land latitude leagues least leave length less master means miles mountains mouth natives navigation nearly north-west northern northward object observed party passage passed persons pieces pilot pole present probably proceeded reached reason remained river round sailed says seems seen sent ships shore side situation snow Sound Spain stood strait supposed thing tide tons vessels voyage weather westward whole wind winter wood
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Página 99 - Besides, for solace of our people, and allurement of the savages, we were provided of music in good variety; not omitting the least toys, as morrisdancers, hobby-horse, and May-like conceits to delight the savage people, whom we intended to win by all fair means possible.
Página 308 - An Act for giving a public Reward to such Person or Persons, being His Majesty's Subject or Subjects, as shall discover a Northern Passage for Vessels by Sea between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, and also unto such as shall first approach by Sea . within One Degree of the Northern Pole...
Página 314 - At ten at night the weather becoming clear, we had an opportunity of seeing at the same moment the remarkable peaked hill near Cape Prince of Wales, on the coast of America, and the east Cape of Asia, with the two connecting islands of Saint Diomede between them.
Página 293 - ... either all feasting, or all famine ; sometimes we had too much, seldom just enough, frequently too little, and often none at all. It will be only necessary to say that we have fasted many times two whole days and nights ; twice upwards of three days ; and once, while at She-than-nee, near seven days, during which we tasted not a mouthful of anything, except a few cranberries, water, scraps of old leather, and burnt bones.
Página 237 - Majesties of 40 pieces ordnance hee could not strike his flagg; (keepe it up then, quoth I) but you are out of the way to Japon, for this is not it ;" — and a great deal more of such stuff.
Página 259 - ... in a Greenland ship that summer) told him, that their ship went not out to fish that summer, but only to take in the lading of the whole fleet, to bring it to an early market. But, said he, before the fleet had caught fish enough to lade us, we, by order of the Greenland Company, sailed unto...
Página 31 - ... before, by this fame and report there increased in my heart a great flame of desire to attempt some notable thing.
Página 316 - Clerke's resolutions were made known. We were all heartily sick of a navigation full of danger, and in which the utmost perseverance had not been repaid with the smallest probability of success. We therefore turned our faces toward home, after an absence of three years, with a delight and satisfaction, which, notwithstanding the tedious voyage we had still to make, and the immense distance we had to run, were as freely entertained, and perhaps as fully enjoyed, as if we had been already in sight...
Página 272 - A sickness and famine occasioned such havock among the English that, by the setting in of the second winter, their number was reduced to twenty. That winter, 1720, some of the Esquimaux took up their abode on the opposite side of the harbour to that on which the English had built their houses, and frequently supplied them with such provisions as they had, which chiefly consisted of whale's blubber, and seal's flesh, and train oil.
Página 57 - ONE master Hore of London, a man of goodly stature and of great courage, and given to the studie of Cosmographie...
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| Título | A Chronological History of Voyages Into the Arctic Regions: Undertaken Chiefly for the Purpose of Discovering a North-east, North-west, Or Polar Passage Between the Atlantic and Pacific : from the Earliest Periods of Scandinavian Navigation to the Departure of the Recent Expeditions Under the ... Tema 27939 de CIHM/ICMH microfiche series |
| Autor | John Barrow |
| Editor | John Murray, 1818 |
| Procedencia del original | Biblioteca Pública de Nueva York |
| Digitalizado | 8 Dic. 2005 |
| Largo | 427 páginas |
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