Markham, Clements R.

The Voyages of William Baffin, 1612-1622. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (274 pages) - Hakluyt Society, First Series . - Hakluyt Society, First Series .

Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Original Title -- Contents -- Introduction -- THE FIRST RECORDED VOYAGE OF WILLIAM BAFFIN -- Part I.-Written by John Gatonbe -- ,, II.-Fragment written by Baffin himself -- THE SECOND RECORDED VOYAGE OF WILLIAM BAFFIN -- I.-A Journal written by Baffin -- II.-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 -- 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 Probabilitie of a Passage -- Note by Michael Lok on Discoveries of Juan de Fuca -- Treatise by Henry Briggs -- INDEX.

Edited, with notes and an introduction from narratives and journals by John Gatonbe, Robert Fotherby, and others, with Baffin's letters, journals, and other observations, and various treatises on the probability of a North-West Passage.

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