The voyages and works of John Davis the navigator : with the map of the world, A.D. 1600, called by Shakspere 'the new map, with the augmentation of the Indies' / edited by Albert Hastings Markham.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Davis, John, 1550?-1605, author.

Contributor:

Markham, Albert Hastings, Sir, 1841-1918.

Series:

Works issued by the Hakluyt Society ; no. 59.

Works issued by the Hakluyt Society ; no. 59

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cavendish, Thomas, 1560-1592.

Cavendish, Thomas.

Cumberland, George Clifford, Earl of, 1558-1605.

Cumberland, George Clifford.

Davis, John, 1550?-1605.

Davis, John.

Voyages and travels.

Navigation.

Voyages and travels--Early works to 1800.

Early maps.

Physical Description:

1 v. (various pagings) : ill. (some col.), maps.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2016.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This edition, with introduction and notes, includes: The worldes hydrographical Discription (1595), The seamans secrets (1607), a list of works on navigation available before and during the reign of Elizabeth, and her latters patent to Adrian Gilbert and others for the exploration of a North-West Passage. Owing to technical constraints this edition does not include the 16-page appendix of the original publication, 'The Map of the World, A.D. 1600, called by Shakspere 'the new map, with the augmentation of the Indies'. To illustrate the Voyages of John Davis', with notes by C. H. Coote. Originally published separately as Volume 59(b) in the series. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1880.

Contents:

The first voyage of Master John Davis, undertaken for the discoverie of the north-west passage / by John Jane

The second voyage attempted by Master John Davis for the discoverie of the north-west passage / by himself

Letter from Master John Davis to M. William Sanderson, 14th October 1586

A relation of the course which the Sunshine and Northstarre, being two vessels of the fleet of M. John Davis, held after he had sent them from him / by Henry Morgan

The third voyage north-westward made by John Davis / written by John Janes

A traverse booke made by M. John Davis in his third voyage for the discoverie of the north-west passage

Letter from M. John Davis to M. Sanderson, 16th September 1587

The third voyage of the Erle of Cumberland to the Azores, by the excellent mathematician and engineer, Master Edward Wright

The last voyage of the worshipfull M. Thomas Candish, esquire / by M. John Jane

Letter from John Davis to the Earl of Essex, 1st August 1600

The voyage of Captaine John Davis to the Easterne India, pilot in a Dutch ship / written by himself

The last voyage of John Davis with Sir Edward Michelborne

Mr. John Davis his observations voyaging from Achen to Tiku and Priaman

The worlde's hydrographical description

The seaman's secrets.

Notes:

First published by Ashgate Publishing.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-317-01203-8

1-317-01204-6

1-315-55157-8

1-282-88067-5

9786612880674

1-4094-1565-1

9781315551579

OCLC:

929147391