. 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. ANCIENT VOYAGES. 95 CHAPTER III. Ancient Voyages to the North, Voyage of Pytheas—Norwegian Expeditions; Ohthere—Colo- nization of Iceland—The Zeni—Quirini. The voyages to the North, undertaken prior to the great era of maritime enterprise and the invention of the compass, were few in number, and scarcely extended into those circumpolar regions which form the special subje
. 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. ANCIENT VOYAGES. 95 CHAPTER III. Ancient Voyages to the North, Voyage of Pytheas—Norwegian Expeditions; Ohthere—Colo- nization of Iceland—The Zeni—Quirini. The voyages to the North, undertaken prior to the great era of maritime enterprise and the invention of the compass, were few in number, and scarcely extended into those circumpolar regions which form the special subject of the present volume. It will be enough, therefore, to take a rapid sketch of the steps by which discovery proceeded towards those remote and almost inaccessible quarters. The Mediterranean, the shores of which constituted the first civilized portion of the West, was the quarter where European navigation originated. As Tyre, situ- ated in the depth of that sea, was the earliest seat of commerce, Carthage, the daughter of Tyre, was doubtless the first state which undertook any extensive discoveries upon the ocean. These, however, were shrouded in deep mystery, prompted by the jealous and monopolizing temper of this people, once so powerful and opulent. The classic writers give only some slight and detached notices of the voyage of Himiico, who appears *o have sailed along the exterior coasts of Spain and France, and to have reached the southern extremity of Britain. This, it is probable, was only the first of a series of voyages carried on with the view of procuring tin,— a metal rare and highly valued in those days. The Cas- siterides, or Tin-islands, which appear to be Cornwall. '.t'. 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, John, Sir, 1766-1832; Jameson, Robert, 1774-1854; Murr
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