. The frozen zone and its explorers; a comprehensive record of voyages, travels, discoveries, adventures and whale-fishing in the Arctic regions for one thousand years . t of rendezvous 84 SUBSEQUENT CAREER OF DAVIS. fixed witli tlie two other vessels; but, to his deep dis-appointment and just indignation, lie found that theyhad departed. It was not without hesitation that,with his small stock of provisions he ventured to sailfor England; but he arrived safely. Davis had succeeded in reaching a much higher lati-tude than any former navigator, and, with the excep-tion of the barrier of ice on o
. The frozen zone and its explorers; a comprehensive record of voyages, travels, discoveries, adventures and whale-fishing in the Arctic regions for one thousand years . t of rendezvous 84 SUBSEQUENT CAREER OF DAVIS. fixed witli tlie two other vessels; but, to his deep dis-appointment and just indignation, lie found that theyhad departed. It was not without hesitation that,with his small stock of provisions he ventured to sailfor England; but he arrived safely. Davis had succeeded in reaching a much higher lati-tude than any former navigator, and, with the excep-tion of the barrier of ice on one side, had found thesea open, blue, of vast extent, and unfathomabledepth. He considered, therefore, that the success ofa spirited attempt was almost infallible. But threefailures had exhausted all interest in the subject, andthe invasion by the Spanish Armada which soonfollowed, engaged for a season all the energies of thenation. Davis tried in vain to procuie means for anotherArctic Expedition. He subsequently made severalvoyages to the East Indies, in the service of theDutch, and was killed during a fight with Japanesepirates on the coast of Malacca in CHAPTER VI. ARCTIC VOYAGES OF WEYMOUTH, KNIGHT,AND HUDSON. In 1602, the Muscovy Company and the LevantCompany united in new efforts for a North-west route,and sent out George Weymouth with two vessels, theDiscovery and Goodspeed, which sailed on the 2dof May. On the 28th of June, Weymouth came in view of asnow-clad promontory on the American coast. Thevessels were tossed to and fro by violent currents andinvolved in thick fogs, and they came quite near toan iceberg on which some of the crew landed. Hear-ing a great sound like the dashing of waves on theshore, they approached it, and were dismayed to findit the noise of a great quantity of ice, which wasvery loathsome to be heard. The mist became sothick, that they could not see two ships length, andon attempting to take down the sails, they were aston-ished to find th
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