Voyages of William Baffin, 1612–1622
The publications of the Hakluyt Society (founded in 1846) made available edited (and sometimes translated) early accounts of exploration. The first series, which ran from 1847 to 1899, consists of 100 books containing published or previously unpublished works by authors from Christopher Columbus to...
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crcambridgeupr:10.1017/cbo9780511697647 2024-06-09T07:44:54+00:00 Voyages of William Baffin, 1612–1622 Markham, Clements R. 2010 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/cbo9780511697647 unknown Cambridge University Press https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms ISBN 9781108011556 9780511697647 book 2010 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.1017/cbo9780511697647 2024-05-15T13:09:17Z The publications of the Hakluyt Society (founded in 1846) made available edited (and sometimes translated) early accounts of exploration. The first series, which ran from 1847 to 1899, consists of 100 books containing published or previously unpublished works by authors from Christopher Columbus to Sir Francis Drake, and covering voyages to the New World, to China and Japan, to Russia and to Africa and India. This 1881 volume contains accounts by William Baffin (1584–1622) and others of Baffin's voyages exploring the coasts of Greenland and Spitsbergen, and his search for the North-West Passage. Although he did not find a route east, he got considerably further north than previous navigators, and provided much useful information on the conditions and natural resources of the area. His meticulous chart making and record keeping, and his use of lunar observations to calculate longitude, were groundbreaking and remarkably accurate, as later explorers found. Book Baffin Greenland North West Passage Spitsbergen Cambridge University Press Greenland Cambridge |
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The publications of the Hakluyt Society (founded in 1846) made available edited (and sometimes translated) early accounts of exploration. The first series, which ran from 1847 to 1899, consists of 100 books containing published or previously unpublished works by authors from Christopher Columbus to Sir Francis Drake, and covering voyages to the New World, to China and Japan, to Russia and to Africa and India. This 1881 volume contains accounts by William Baffin (1584–1622) and others of Baffin's voyages exploring the coasts of Greenland and Spitsbergen, and his search for the North-West Passage. Although he did not find a route east, he got considerably further north than previous navigators, and provided much useful information on the conditions and natural resources of the area. His meticulous chart making and record keeping, and his use of lunar observations to calculate longitude, were groundbreaking and remarkably accurate, as later explorers found. |
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Voyages of William Baffin, 1612–1622 |
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Voyages of William Baffin, 1612–1622 |
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Voyages of William Baffin, 1612–1622 |
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Voyages of William Baffin, 1612–1622 |
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voyages of william baffin, 1612–1622 |
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Cambridge University Press |
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Baffin Greenland North West Passage Spitsbergen |
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