The dangerous voyage : of Capt. Thomas James, in his intended discovery of a north west passage into the South Sea: Wherein The Miseries indured, both Going, Wintering and Returning, and the Rarities observ'd Philosophical, Mathematical and Natural are related in this Journal of it, publish'd by the Special Command of King Charles I. To which is added, a map for sailing in those seas: also divers tables of the Author's of the Variation of the Compass, &c. With an appendix concerning the longitude, by Master Gellibrand, Astronomy Reader at Gresham College.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

James, Thomas, 1593?-1635?.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Northwest Passage--Early works to 1800.

Northwest Passage.

James, Thomas, 1593?-1635?--Journeys--Early works to 1800.

James, Thomas.

Genre:

Travel literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource ([10],142p.,plate ) map ;

Edition:

The second edition, revised and corrected.

Other Title:

Dangerous voyage

Place of Publication:

London : printed in 1633, and now reprinted for O. Payne, at Horace's Head, in Popes's Head Alley, Cornhill, over-against the Royal Exchange, MDCCXL. [1740]

Notes:

First published in 1633 as 'The strange and dangerous voyage of Captaine Thomas James, in his intended discovery of the Northwest Passage into the South Sea'.

Also issued as part of: 'A collection of voyages and travels, in three parts' by Daniel Coxe, [London], 1741.

Reproduction of original from British Library.

Cited in:

Sabin, 35712

English Short Title Catalog, T133977.

OCLC:

642384000