The voyages of Captain Luke Foxe of Hull, and Captain Thomas James of Bristol, in search of a northwest passage, in 1631-32;
with narratives of the earlier northwest voyages of Frobisher, Davis, Weymouth, Hall, Knight, Hudson, Button, Gibbons, Bylot, Baflin, Hawkridge, ad others.
Ed. with notes and an introduction, by Miller Christy ...

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Main Author

Christy, Miller, 1861-

Related Names

W. W. (William Watts), active 1633.
Gellibrand, Henry, 1597-1636.
James, Thomas, 1593?-1635?
Foxe, Luke, 1586-1635.

Language(s)

English

Published

London, Printed for the Hakluyt society, 1894.

Subjects

Longitude.
Voyages and travels.
Northwest Passage.

Note

Reprint, with reproduction of title-pages, of "North-west Fox: or, Fox from the north-west passage. Beginning with King Arthur, Malga, Oothvr, the two Zenis of Iseland, Estotiland ad Dorgia; following with brief abstracts of the voyages of Cabot [etc.] ... with the author his owne voyage ..." London, 1635, and "The strange and dangerous voyage of Captain Thomeas Iames ... with An appendix concerning longitude, by Master Henry Gellibrand ... and An aduise concerning the philosophy of these late discoueryes, by W[illiam] W[atts]". London, 1633.
Paged continuously.

Physical Description

2 v. fronts. (ports) illus. (plan) pl., 3 fold. maps. 23 cm.

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