CHAPTER XII 
THE MERCHANT ADVENTURERS AND RICHARD HAKLUYT 
The merchant adventurers who supplied the funds 
for Arctic expeditions, often at considerable sacrifice, 
and generally from patriotic motives, deserve niches in 
the temple of fame as much as the actual explorers. 
One could not have existed without the other. 
Among the earliest was Master William Sanderson, 
the promoter and supporter of the three voyages of 
Davis. This man was one of the most liberal and en- 
lightened adventurers of his time. He was a merchant 
of great wealth, a member of the Fishmongers' Company, 
and was married to a niece of Sir Walter Raleigh. Before 
embarking on the venture proposed by Davis and Gilbert 
he carefully studied the subject in all its bearings ; and, 
with other information, a discourse on the voyages to 
the north-east was prepared for him by Mr Henry Lane. 
When fully convinced, Master Sanderson most liberally 
provided the largest share of the funds, and superintended 
all the preparations. 
Geography owes Sanderson another large debt of 
gratitude. The cost of the first English globes, con- 
structed by Emery Molyneux, was defrayed by him. 
These two globes, celestial and terrestrial, which are 
still to be seen in the Library of the Middle Temple, are 
each two feet in diameter, and are beautifully executed. 
They were completed in 1592, and received additions in 
1603. Such was the importance attached to them that 
they formed the subject of special treatises by Hues and 
Hood, and were elaborately described by Blundeville. 
The discoveries of Davis, who probably assisted Molyneux, 
are shown in detail. The arms of Sanderson, with his 
quarterings, are painted on one of the globes with an 
inscription. 
A still greater promoter of Arctic enterprise was Sir 
