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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Página 41
... runs from Rio Nevado to “ Porto das Malvas ( Mallow Port ) which lies in 56° ,
and which is a space of two hundred leagues , “ was well peopled , and they
landed and brought This great country discovered by Cortereal is evidently that
which.
... runs from Rio Nevado to “ Porto das Malvas ( Mallow Port ) which lies in 56° ,
and which is a space of two hundred leagues , “ was well peopled , and they
landed and brought This great country discovered by Cortereal is evidently that
which.
Página 43
... Cape ) which is in 54 degrees , it runs two hundred leagues to the westward ,
to a great river called St . Lawrence , which some considered to be an arm of the
sea , and which the Portugueze ascended to the distance of many leagues .
... Cape ) which is in 54 degrees , it runs two hundred leagues to the westward ,
to a great river called St . Lawrence , which some considered to be an arm of the
sea , and which the Portugueze ascended to the distance of many leagues .
Página 88
They continued to proceed up the strait for about thirty leagues , much hampered
with , and frequently in great danger from , the floating ice . In one of the small
islands they found a tomb , in which were the bones of a dead man , and several
...
They continued to proceed up the strait for about thirty leagues , much hampered
with , and frequently in great danger from , the floating ice . In one of the small
islands they found a tomb , in which were the bones of a dead man , and several
...
Página 102
Here , in presence of the English traders and the foreigners assembled ,
possession was taken , in the queen ' s name , of the harbour and two hundred
leagues every way ; and three laws were immediately made and promulgated on
the spot ...
Here , in presence of the English traders and the foreigners assembled ,
possession was taken , in the queen ' s name , of the harbour and two hundred
leagues every way ; and three laws were immediately made and promulgated on
the spot ...
Página 106
The top was covered with snow , and the shore beset with ice a full league into
the sea ; and the whole surrounding aspect presented so “ true a paterne of
desolation , ” that Davis gave to it the name of “ the Land of Desolation . ” Finding
it ...
The top was covered with snow , and the shore beset with ice a full league into
the sea ; and the whole surrounding aspect presented so “ true a paterne of
desolation , ” that Davis gave to it the name of “ the Land of Desolation . ” Finding
it ...
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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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