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the British Museum of Boissardi's Bibliotheca she 

 Thesaurus Virtutis published at Frankfort in 1628. 



Map of the World by Sir Humphrey Gilbert, . 176 



This, the only known map by Sir Humphrey Gilbert 

 now in existence, is taken from the copy in the 

 British Museum of his Discourse of a Discoverie of a 

 new passage to Cathaia published in London in 1576. 

 It was * made onelye for the particular declaration of 

 this discovery.' 



Sir Martin Frobisher, ...... 208 



Frobisher was born about 1535. He made his first 

 voyage, to Guinea, in 1554. In 1571 he was 

 employed in sea service off the coast of Ireland, 

 where he attracted the notice of Sir Humphrey 

 Gilbert. On the grant of a charter to the Company 

 of Cathay in 1577 he was appointed Captain- 

 general and admiral of the Company's fleet. In 

 1576-78 he was occupied in his voyages in search 

 of the North-west passage. In 1580 he was made 

 clerk of Her Majesty's ships. In September 1585 

 he sailed for the West Indies in Drake's expedition 

 as vice-admiral on the 'Primrose'. He was in com- 

 mand of the ' Triumph' against the Armada in 

 1588 and was knighted by Lord Howard of 

 Effingham for ' that hee had valiantly and discreetly 

 behaved himself in the fight on the 25th July. In 

 1594 in the 'Dreadnought' he was employed at 

 the relief of Brest and Crozon, was wounded in the 

 hip while landing his men at Crozon, and taken 

 back to Plymouth where he died shortly after his 

 arrival. The portrait is taken from the copy in the 

 British Museum of Holland's Heroologia, 1620. 



Map of the World, a.d. 1578, .... 256 



This map, made to illustrate George Best's Discourse 

 4 to proove all partes of the worlde habitable/ is 

 taken from the British Museum copy of A True 



