APP. N° III.] CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF VOYAGES. (67) 



A. D. 



1746, En. Two ships, under the command of William Moor and 

 Francis Smith, sent out in search of a N. W. passage, 

 by the Avay of Hudson's Bay. The first summer they 

 examined some part of the Welcome, and, after win- 

 tering in Haye's River, made a good exploration of 

 Wager River, previously supposed to be a strait. 



1753, Jm. Captain Charles Swaine, in tlie schooner Argo, sailed 

 from Philadelphia for the discovery of a N. W. pas- 

 sage ; but being unable to penetrate through Hud- 

 son's Strait, he examined a large extent of the Labra- 

 dor Coast, from 56^, it is said, to latitude G5°. 



1760, Ru. A most persevering but unsuccessful attempt was made 

 to by a Russian merchant of the name of Shalauroff, 



1763- to sail from the Lena round the great Tchutkchi pro- 



montory. He first wintered in the Jana, and then 

 twice in the Koviraa. He discovered some islands 

 and a bay, being the farthest spot he reached, which 

 has been named Tschaoon Boy. 



1761, En. A sloop, under the command of Captain Christopher, 



was sent by the Hudson's Bay Company to explore 

 Chesterfield Inlet in Hudson's Bay, with the expecta- 

 tion that it might be the opening of a N. W. passage. 

 Chrisiopher is said to have penetrated above 150 miles, 

 and then returned. 



1762, En. (jhristopher was again sent out to complete the exami- 



nation of Chesterfield Inlet, when he traced it by a 

 river into a lake, 24 miles long, and 6 or 7 broad ; 

 and across this to the westward into another river, un- 

 til his further progress, even in boats, was interrupted 

 by falls. 



1764, Ru. T!ie indefatigable Shalauroff made a final attempt to 

 pass from the Lena round the Tchutkchi promontory, 

 in which he is supposed to have perished, as neither 

 himself nor any of his companions ever returned. 



1769, Da. Baron von Uhlefeld through Hudson's Bay into the 

 Pacific. A pretended voyage. 



1669 En. A journey by Samuel Hearne, after two unsuccessful 

 to attempts, accomplished from Prince of Wales Fort, 



1772. Hudson's Bay, to the Copper-Mine River, supposed 



to fall into the Northern Ocean. 



1772, Am. A second voyage for the discovery of a N. W. passage, 

 seems to have been attempted by the Americans ; 



