(62) CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF VOYAGES. [aP. N° lit. 



A. D. 



1617, JSn- Wiches Land, afterwards named by the Dutch Ryke 

 Yse"'s Islands, discovered by one of the English whale 

 fishers. 



1619, Da. Two vessels, under the direction of Jens Munk, were 

 sent out for the discovery of a N. W. passage. They 

 wintered in Hudson's Bay, where all the people, 

 sixty-four in numbei", excepting Munk and two others, 

 are stated to have died of the scurvy. These three 

 accomplished their passage home in the smaller vessel. 



1620.'' En. In a voyage towards the N. W. by William Hawk- 

 bridge, considerable researches in Hudson"'s Bay ap- 

 pear to have been made, but nothing was discovered. 

 The year in which this voyage was made, and the 

 ships employed in it, are uncertain. 



1631, En. A considerable exploration of Hudson''s Bay was made 

 by Luke Fox, in which names were given to various 

 islands, promontories and bays. Among the islands, 

 he named Sir Thomas Roxce's Welcome, Brooke Cob- 

 ham, Brigg-s his Mathematics, &c. among headlands. 

 Cape Maria, Cape Dorchester, King Charles his 

 Promontorie, &c. 



En. A similar route to that taken by Fox, was pursued by 



Thomas James who passed the winter in Hudson's 

 Bay, yet discovered nothing. 



1636, Da. Greenland was visited, in search for treasure, by a ves- 

 sel or vessels, fitted out by the Danish Greenland 

 Company. 



— — Ru. The navigation of the Frozen Sea commenced by the 

 Russians, who formed establishments on the banks of 

 the Lena. 



1643, Du. A voyage in the ships Castricom and Breskes, under 

 the command of Martin Herizoom van Vriez, and 

 H. C. Schaep, was undertaken from Japan towards 

 the north. Between the Island of Ternate, from 

 whence they sailed, and the latitude of 47°, beyond 

 which they navigated, several islands, including per- 

 haps the Kuriles, were discovered. 



1646, Ru. The rivers Jana, Indighirsa, Alasei, and Kovyma, 

 having been discovered within ten years preceding 

 this date, a voyage for trade and research from the 

 Kovima towards the east, the first in this position, 

 was undertaken by Isai Ignatiew, with a party of 

 Promyschleni, under his direction : They traded with 

 the Tchuktchi. 



