Man upon the sea : or, a history of maritime adventure, exploration, and discovery, from the earliest ages to the present time ... . Moonshine,—to discover the Northwest Passage. After a voyageof six weeks, he saw, in north latitude 60°, a mountainous andice-bound promontory. It was the southwestern point of Green-land, and he gave it the name of Cape Desolation, which it stillretains. He now sailed to the northwest, discovered islands,coasts, and harbors, to which he gave appropriate thus was the first to enter the strait which bears his name,and beyond which Baffin, thirty ye
Man upon the sea : or, a history of maritime adventure, exploration, and discovery, from the earliest ages to the present time ... . Moonshine,—to discover the Northwest Passage. After a voyageof six weeks, he saw, in north latitude 60°, a mountainous andice-bound promontory. It was the southwestern point of Green-land, and he gave it the name of Cape Desolation, which it stillretains. He now sailed to the northwest, discovered islands,coasts, and harbors, to which he gave appropriate thus was the first to enter the strait which bears his name,and beyond which Baffin, thirty years later, was to discover thevast bay which, in its turn, was to bear his name. Davis madetwo subsequent voyages to these waters in search of a passageacross the continent, but, with the exception of the discoveryof Davis Strait, effected nothing which needs to be chronicledhere. This single discovery, however, was one of the utmostimportance, as it served to stimulate research and to encouragefurther effort in this direction. More than two centuries werenevertheless destined to elapse before success was to be attained. 17. ENGLISH VESSEL OF WAR OF THE FIRST CLASS—1600. CHAPTER XXVIII. POLICY OF QUEEN ELIZABETH—THOMAS CAVENDISH—HIS FIEST VOYAGE—EX-PLOITS UPON THE AFRICAN AND BRAZILIAN COASTS—PORT DESIRE PORT FAMINE—BATTLES WITH THE ARAUCANIANS—CAPTURE OF PAITA ROBBERY OF A CHURCH—REPEATED ACTS OF BRIGANDAGE CAPTURE OF THE SANTA ANNA—THE RETURN VOYAGE—CAVENDISHS ACCOUNT OF THE EXPEDITION—THE SPANISH ARMADA—PREPARATIONS IN ENGLAND—THE CONFLICT—TOTALROUT OF THE INVINCIBLES—PROCESSION IN COMMEMORATION OF THE EVENT. Queen Elizabeth had found it to her advantage to en-courage displays of public spirit in private individuals, and toexcite the nobles and persons of fortune who were ambitiousof distinction, as well as the indigent in search of employment,to hazard, the one their wealth, the other their lives, in the national service. She thus derived be
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