412 BULLETIN UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. 



1625. Edge, Thomas— Continiied. 



yeelds little or no Oyle."' 7. Scdena Negro . . . " withabumpe on h's backe" =? IfegiC/p^tTa 

 longimana. 8. Scwria, "of colouv nsv^hite as sno-vr," etc. -= Beluga catodon. 



A map (pp. 472, 473''') of Greenland (i. e.. Spitzbcrgen) accompanies Captain Edge's memoir, 

 with border at sides and bottom cousistingof views illustrative of the Whaleand "Seamorco' 

 flaberiea. At the upper left corner is a picture of a Whale lying on its side, with the legend 

 "A Wh.ale is ordinarily about CO footolonge." Immediately below this is a scene illustrating 

 the capture of a "Whale, with 4 lines of descriptive text. Below this are two others illus- 

 trating respectively the cutting in of the Whale and the trying out of the blubber, each with 

 a descriptive legend 4 to 6 lines in length. On the right-hand border four of the live scenes 

 depict respectively the toviing of the AVhale to the ships, the towing of the blubber to shore, 

 the preparation of the fins (the legend reads: "Thus they make cleane and scrape y-' whale 

 fins"), and ''A tent and Coopers at worke." [54.] 



1625. FoTHERBYE, E. AVo^agG oi Diseouerie. to Greenland, &.C. A)wo W14. Written 

 by Ro. FoTHERBYE. <^Purchas his Pilgrimcs, iii, 1625, pp. 720-728. 



Gives an account of the capture of Whales during the voyage. [55.] 



1625. Heley, W., and others. Diners other Voyages to Greenland, willi Letters of 

 those which were there employed, communicated to mee by ]\Iaster William 

 Heley. <^Pu7'chas his Pilgrimes, iii, 1625, pp. 732-738. 



Eleven letters, written by various persona, relating briefly to the history of Whaling by 

 the Englis!: dnring the years 1617 to 1623 inclusive. [56.] 



1625. "Laet, J. BE. Nieiiwe Wereldt | ofte | Beschrijviughe | vau | West-Iiulion, | 

 M't veelerhaude Schriften ende Aeu-teekeuingeii | vau verscheyden Natien by 

 eenversamelt | Door | loanues de Laet, | Ende met Noodighe kaerten enTafels 

 voorsien. Tot Leyden, | In de Druckeryc van Isaack Elzevier. | Anno 1625. | 

 Met Privilegie der Ho. Mo. Heeren Staten Generael, voor 12 Jareu. | fol. pp. 

 (2), xxii, 526. Maps. 



"See Asher's 'Essay,' no. 1. This invahiable work was much improved in the subsequent 

 editions and translations by the author, but the maps were unchanged." 



Hditio princeps. !Not seen; title and comment from Sabin. Bibl. Ain., x, 1878, p. 15. For 

 notice of the account of the Manatee in Laet's work, see infra the Latin ed., 1G33. [57.] 



1625. [Muscovy Merchants. 3 A Commission for TAomas JEJ^^^-e our seruant, appointed 

 to goe as our Factor in the Ship called the Mary Margaret, of the burthen of one 

 hundred and fiftie Tuunes, for the killing of the Whale aud Morses vpon the 

 coast of Greenland, or any other place in the North Ocean : Giuen the 31. of 

 March, 1611. <^Purchas his Pilgrimes, iii, 1G25, pi). 709, 710. 



This is a letterof instruction issued bythe "right Worshipfull Company of New Trades," 

 or "Muscouie Merchants," as above. Among other things it directs the "luocuring of sixo 

 men of Saint lohn de Luz " to act as whale-men ; describes the ditferent kinds of Whales to bo 

 sought, and their products, etc., this information being evidently based on Thomas Edge's 

 "Description of the seuernll sorts of Whales, with the manner of killing them," as given in 

 Purchas, iii, pp. 471, 472. [58. J 



1625. Poole, Joxas. A briefe Declaration of this my Voyage of discouery to Green- 

 land, and towards the West of it, as followeth: being set forth by the right 

 Worshipfull Sir Thomas Smith, Gouernour of the right Worshi]i full Company 

 of new Trades, &c., written by Joxas Poole. <^Purchas his Pilgrimes, iii, 1625, 

 pp. 711-713. 



Short history of the first English whaling voyage to "Greenland" (i. e.. Spitzbergen), 

 made in the year IGll. [59.] 



1625. Poole, Jonas. A relation written by Jonas Poole of a Voyage to Greenland, 

 in the yeere 1612. with two ships, the one called the Whale; the other the 

 Sea-horse, set out bythe Right Worshipful the Muscouie Merchants. <^Pur- 

 chas his Pilgrimes, iii, 1625, pp. 713-715. [60.] 



1625. [Purchas, Samuel.] Extracts of Gonzalo Ferdinando De Oviedo his Sum- 

 marie and Generall Historic of the Indies. <^Piirchas his Pilgrimes, iii, 1625, 

 pp. 970-1000. 



Description of the "Manati" at pp. 987, 989, [61.] 



