INTRODUCTION. 5 



outline of these voyages, which have been de- 

 tailed by one of our ablest authors in the 

 " Chronological History of Voyages to the North 

 and North-west ;" and it must be further under- 

 stood, that these voyages are strictly confined 

 to such as have been made towards Spitzbergen 

 and Nova Zembla. 



