(60) CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF VOYAGES. [aPP. hi^ Hi, 



A. D. 



1606, En. In a voyage in search of a N. W. passage, by John 



Knight, with one small vessel, nothing was discover- 

 ed : Knight and three of his crew landed on the coast 

 of Labrador, and were never afterwards seen. 



1607, Da. Hall, in a third voyage, with two ships, in the same 



direction, only reached Cape Farewell, the crew ha- 

 ving mutinied. ^ 



■ En. Henry Hudson, in a voyage towards the North Pole, 

 Avith one small vessel only, discovered the E. coast of 

 Greenland, as high as latitude 73". Young's Cape, 

 Mount of GolVs Mercy, and Hold with Hope, were 

 positions discovered and named by him : the same voy- 

 age he visited Spitzbergen, and sailed to the latitude 

 of about 81°. 



1608, En. In his second voyage, with one vessel, in search of a 



N. E. passage, Hudson landed on Nova Zembla. 

 16*09, Du. Hudson, in his third voyage, in the Dutch service, 

 sailed to the eastward of the North Cape, then west- 

 erly to Newfoundland, and along the American coast 

 to the southward. The design of this curious navi- 

 gation is not known. 



1610, En. Hudson's fourth voyage, in search of a N. W. passage, 



was important. With only one vessel he discovered (?) 

 and passed HiidsoiCs Strait, and discovered Hudson's 

 Bay, where he wintered. The crew of the vessel 

 afterwards mutinied, and forcing Hudson and eight 

 other persons into a boat, left them to perish. 

 — — En. In a voyage for trade and discovery towards the N. by 

 Jonas Poole, Horn Sound, Deer Sound, and some 

 other positions in Spitzbergen, were discovered and 

 named. The whole of the country he named Green- 

 land. 



1611, Du. A voyage by a ship belonging to Holland, is said to 

 or have been made about this time, in which a distance 



1614, of 100 leagues to the eastward of Nova Zembla was 



accomplished (?) 



1 611, Du. The island of Jan Mayen is stated to have been dis- 

 covered in this year, by the person whose name it 

 bears : it is probable, however, that the discovery was 

 not made until a year or two later. 

 ■ ■ En. A voyage towards the north, with two vessels, the prin- 

 cipal object of which was to attempt the whale fish- 

 ery, was undertaken by Jonas Pool ; he sailed to lati- 



