The Three Voyages of William Barents to the Arctic Regions (1594, 1595, and 1596)
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About This Book
Edited by Koolemans Beynen. This Elibron Classics book is a facsimile reprint of a 1876 edition by the Hakluyt Society, London.
Chapters (25)(click to expand)
- COUNCIL OF THE HAKLUYT SOCIETY.
- CONTENTS.
- ILLUSTRATIONS.
- MAPS.
- ERRATA.
- POSTSCRIPT.
- INTRODUCTION TO THE SECOND EDITION.
- INTRODUCTION TO THE FIRST EDITION.
- NOTICE.
- To the Right Worshipfull, Sir Thomas Smith Knight, Gouernour of the Muscouy Company, &c.
- THE FYRST PART OF THE NAUIGATION INTO THE NORTH SEAS.
- A BRIEFE DECLARATION OF A SECOND NAUIGATION MADE IN ANNO 1595, Behinde Norway, Moscouia, and Tartaria, towards the kingdoms of Cathaia and China.
- THE THIRD VOYAGE NORTH-WARD TO THE KINGDOMES OF CATHAIA and China, in Anno 1596.
- APPENDIX.
- APPENDIX. I. A LETTER FROM JOHN BALAK TO GERARD MERCATOR.
- II. AN ACCOUNT OF HENRY HUDSON’S VISIT TO NOVAYA ZEMLYA.
- III. WRITINGS OF WILLIAM BARENTS, PRESERVED BY PURCHAS1.
- INDEX.
- Colophon
- Availability
- Metadata
- Revision History
- External References
- Corrections
- Abbreviations
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