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the land and along a continued field of ice, they 

 came on the 17th to the land of Desolation, crossed 

 over to Gilbert's Sound, the appointed rendezvous, 

 where thev remained till the 31st, when hearing; 

 nothing of their consort, they departed for Eng- 

 land, and the Sunshine arrived at Radcliffe on the 

 6th October : she had parted from the North Star in 

 a great storm on the 3d September, the latter of 

 which was never heard of more. 



JOHN DAVIS — Third Voyage. 1587. 



The second voyage of Davis had not been at- 

 tended with any very encouraging circumstances 

 to the adventurers ; but this intrepid navigator writes 

 to his patron Mr. W. Sanderson, on his arrival, in 

 these terms : " I have now experience of much of 

 the north-west part of the world, and have brought 

 the passage to that likelihood, as that I am assured 

 it must bee in one of foure places, or els not at 

 all." A third vovage was therefore determined on, 

 and the Elizabeth of Dartmouth, the Sujishine of 

 London, and the clincher Helena of London were 

 appointed for this expedition. ^ They sailed from 

 Dartmouth on the 19th May, and on the 14th 

 June descried the land, consisting of very high 

 mountains covered with snow. It was composed 

 of islands lying in lat. 6'4°. 



On the 24th they had reached the lat. of 67° 



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