PROGRESS OF DISCOVERY IX THE NORTH. 75 



ischeme, after having for above fifteen years endeavour- 

 ed in vain to accomplish an expedition, was at length, 

 through the assistance of Dudley, Earl of Warwick, 

 and a few friends, enabled to effect the equipment 

 of two small barks of 35 and 30 tons, and a pinnace 

 of 10 tons, with which he proceeded on discovery, 

 on the 8th of June 1576. In this voyage he dis- 

 covered a strait, in latitude 63° 8', afterwards na- 

 med Frohishcfs Stj'cdt; but its situation being 

 long supposed to be on Greenland, instead of on 

 the Labrador side, the name of Lumley's Inlet 

 was applied to the same place. 



Omitting the two subsequent voyages of Fro- 

 bisher, which were chiefly undertaken in search of 

 treasure, and others in which nothing was discover- 

 ed, we come to the commencement of a period of 

 about thirty years, when all or the greater part of 

 the discoveries which have been made towards the 

 north-west, and north, were accomplished. The 

 first important voyage was performed by John 

 Davis, who, mtli two vessels, tlie Sunshine of 

 50 tons, and the 3foonshine of 35 tons, sailed 

 from Dartmouth in search of a north-west passage^ 

 on the 7th of June 1585. They fell in with ice on 

 the east side of Greenland, on the 19th of July ; 

 and the following day got sight of a rocky moun- 

 tainous land, appearing as if above the clouds, in 

 form of a sugar loaf, to which Davis gave the name 

 of the Land of Desolation. After doubling Capf 



