The Voyages of William Baffin, 1612-1622.
Material type: TextSeries: Hakluyt Society, First SerPublisher: Farnham : Hakluyt Society, 2010Copyright date: ©2010Description: 1 online resource (267 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781409415695Subject(s): Greenland -- Early works to 1800 | Northwest Passage -- Early works to 1800 | Svalbard (Norway) -- Early works to 1800 | Voyages and travels -- Early works to 1800Genre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: The Voyages of William Baffin, 1612-1622DDC classification: 910.91 LOC classification: G740 -- .V69 2010ebOnline resources: Click to ViewCover -- CONTENTS -- ILLUSTRATIONS -- INTRODUCTION -- THE FIRST RECORDED VOYAGE OF WILLIAM BAFFIN -- PART I. Written by John Gatonbe -- PART II. Fragment written by Baffin himsalf -- THE SECOND RECORDED VOYAGE OF WILLIAM BAFFIN -- I. A Journal written by Baffin -- II. A Journal probably by Fotherby -- III. A Brief Description of King James his New Land -- IV. The manner of killing the Whale and the whole proceedings for performing of the Voyage -- THE THIRD RECORDED VOYAGE OF WILLIAM BAFFIN. Narrative by Robert Fotherby -- THE FOURTH RECORDED VOYAGE OF WILLIAM BAFFIN -- I. Letter from Baffin to his Employers -- II. The Breefe Journall -- III. "A Tru Relation" by Baffin -- THE FIFTH RECORDED VOYAGE OF WILLIAM BAFFIN -- I. A Briefe and True Relation or Journal by Baffin -- II. Baffin's Letter to Sir John Wolstenholme -- III. Baffin's Instructions -- DISCOURSE AS TO A NORTH-WEST PASSAGE -- Briefe Discourse of the Probabilities of a Passage -- Story of Thomas Cowles as to what he heard at Lisbon -- Note by Michael Lok on Discoveries of Juan de Fuca -- Treatise by Henry Briggs -- INDEX -- LIST OF PERSONS MENTIONED IN BAFFIN'S VOYAGES -- ANIMALS AND PLANTS MENTIONED IN BAFFIN'S VOYAGES -- SPITZBERGEN NAMES MENTIONED BY BAFFIN AND FOTHERBY -- NAMES IN HUDSON'S STRAIT MENTIONED BY BAFFIN -- GREENLAND AND BAFFIN'S BAY NAMES MENTIONEDBY BAFFIN -- GENERAL INDEX -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- ILLUSTRATIONS -- SERIES OF FIVE MAPS TO ILLUSTRATE THE HISTORY OF THE DELINEATION OF BAFFIN'S BAY -- PART OF THE WEST COAST OF GREENLAND -- WEST COAST OF SPITZBERGEN -- FACSIMILE OF BAFFIN'S CHART OF HUDSON STRAIT.
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