. Narrative of discovery and adventure in the polar seas and regions [microform] : with illustrations of their climate, geology, and natural history ; and an account of the whale-fishery. Natural history; Sciences naturelles. |) H.'. li 144 EARLY POLAR VOYAGES. 1 . CHAPTER V. Early Voyages towards the North Pole, Plan of a Polar PasBage to Indiar—Voyages to Cherie Island- Hudson—Poole—Baffin—Fotherby. The attention of the public, it has appeared, was early drawn towards a Polar passage, which, by striking di- rectly across the Arctic ocean, might bring the navigator by a shorter route than any
. Narrative of discovery and adventure in the polar seas and regions [microform] : with illustrations of their climate, geology, and natural history ; and an account of the whale-fishery. Natural history; Sciences naturelles. |) H.'. li 144 EARLY POLAR VOYAGES. 1 . CHAPTER V. Early Voyages towards the North Pole, Plan of a Polar PasBage to Indiar—Voyages to Cherie Island- Hudson—Poole—Baffin—Fotherby. The attention of the public, it has appeared, was early drawn towards a Polar passage, which, by striking di- rectly across the Arctic ocean, might bring the navigator by a shorter route than any other '. the golden realms of the East. Mr Robert Thome, a zealous promoter of discovery, in his memorials to Henry VIII. and other great men, always placed foremost the scheme of reaching India by this improved course. It is not wonderful, however, that such a voyage should not have been among the first which were attempted. A century had elapsed from the discovery of the passage by the Cape of Good Hope, and half that period since the commencement of the naval career of Britain, before her seamen, despairing of success by the more circuitous tracks hitherto followed, put forth all their strength to cross the icy waters which surround the northern pole of the earth. Barcntz, as already noticed, had in his third voyage discovered Spitzbergen ; but it was in pursuit of the fishery that the English were first attracted into the high latitudes f the Greenland or Polar Sea. In 1603, Alderman Sir Francis Cherie of London fitted out the Godspeed, under the command of Stephen Bcimet, ap- parently with the vague idea of exploring the Arctic shores, and ascertaining their sources of commeiviftl wealth. The captain at first followed the beaten track. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Leslie, Joh
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