146 Arctic and Antarctic Exploration [part i 
shown correctly K But Hondius published a version 
quite different from the reality, and others followed him. 
In Moll's Atlas (1720) both the correct delineation of 
Luke Foxe and the very erroneous one of Hondius and 
his imitators are given. Van Keulen and D'Anville 
caused still greater confusion. In the Maltebrun atlas 
(1812) there is a slight improvement. Daines Barrington 
gives what he calls u a circumpolar map according to 
the latest discoveries/ ' He treats Baffin's Bay as a semi- 
circular dotted line with " Baffin's Bay according to the 
relation of W. Baffin in 1616 but not now believed " written 
across it. Finally in Sir John Barrow's Chronological 
History of the Voyages to the Arctic Regions (1818) Baffin's 
Bay is entirely expunged, Davis Strait being made to 
open northwards on a blank space. Thus, owing to the 
omission of the map and log by Purchas, the great dis- 
covery of Baffin became at length entirely ignored and 
discredited. 
Baffin, on his return from his great discovery in 1616, 
had made five voyages to the Arctic regions. The fjords 
and islets of west Greenland, the glaciers and ice floes 
of Spitsbergen, the tidal phenomena of Hudson Strait, 
and the secrets of the far northern bay which he unveiled, 
were all familiar to him. He had practically investigated, 
and deeply pondered over the absorbing questions of 
polar discovery. As an astronomical observer and navi- 
gator his unwearied diligence was as remarkable as his 
talent. If he was an untaught man who had risen from 
a humble origin, he had so far educated himself as to be 
able to write letters which are not only well expressed, 
but graced with classical allusions. 
Baffin, who was probably past middle age when he 
returned from his great discovery, then entered the service 
of the East India Company, being rated as Master's Mate, 
under Captain Shilling, on board the Anne Royal, one of 
the fleet which was got ready in the winter of 1616. His 
most important service during the voyage 1617-1619 was 
the survey of parts of the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf. 
There is the following entry in the Court's minutes on the 
1 This map is excessively rare. It is only to be found in one or two 
copies of Foxe's book. The British Museum copy has not got it, but 
a facsimile has been inserted. 
