John Davis (ca. 1550-1605)

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Author: Neatby, L.H.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1984
• Subjects: Biographies; Coasts; Davis; John; 1550-1605; Expeditions; Explorers; History; Mapping; Navigation; Baffin Bay-Davis Strait; Ellesmere Island; Nunavut; Hudson Strait; Nunavut/Québec; Labrador; Labrador Sea; Northwest Passage; Arctic; Baffin Bay; Hudson; Luke; Baffin; Davis Strait; Northwest passage
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/65238

. Davis was not typical of the seagoing adventurers of his age, whether Spanish or English. He indulged in none of their quarrelsome rivalries, and had none of their ravenous greed for wealth and glory. His writing is without the bombast to which some of his contemporaries were addicted. He made no...