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- Frontmatter
- Contents
- ERRATA
- Introduction
- Note on the Previous Biographical Accounts of Captain John Davis
- Note on the “New Map”, by Mr. C. H. Coote
- 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 Michelborue
- Mr. John Davis his Observations voyaging from Achen to Tiku and Priaman
- The Worlde's Hydrographical Description
- The Seaman's Secrets
- APPENDIX
- Index
- THE MAP OF THE WORLD A.D. 1600
- LIST OF NAMES ON THE MAP OF THE WORLD. A.D. 1600
- Map
The Last Voyage of John Davis with Sir Edward Michelborue
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 July 2011
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- ERRATA
- Introduction
- Note on the Previous Biographical Accounts of Captain John Davis
- Note on the “New Map”, by Mr. C. H. Coote
- 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 Michelborue
- Mr. John Davis his Observations voyaging from Achen to Tiku and Priaman
- The Worlde's Hydrographical Description
- The Seaman's Secrets
- APPENDIX
- Index
- THE MAP OF THE WORLD A.D. 1600
- LIST OF NAMES ON THE MAP OF THE WORLD. A.D. 1600
- Map
Summary
The fift of December, 1604, we set saile from the Cowes in the Ile of Wight. The three and twentieth we arrived at Teneriffe, in the road of Aratana. The fourteenth of January at night we were troubled with extreme heate, lightnings, thunder and raine all the night.
The sixteenth we passed under the Equinoctiall Line, shaping our course for the Ile Loronnah, the wind being at South South-east, our course South South-west; and some three degrees South-ward of the Line, we met with such multitudes of fish, as it is incredible to report, so that with our Hookes, Lines, and Harping Irons wee tooke so many Dolphines, Bonitos, and other fishes, that our men were so wearie with eating of fish, that we could not tell what to doe with it. Moreover there were fowles called Pasharaboues and Alcatrarzes. We tooke many of those Pasharaboues, for it is a fowle that delighteth to come to a ship in the night; and if you doe but hold up your hand, they will light upon it. The other foule, called Alcatrarzi, is a kind of Hawlke that liveth by fishing. For when the Bonitos or Dolphines doe chase the flying fish under the water, so that he is glad to flee from them out of the water to save his life this Alcatrarzi flyeth after them like a Hawke after a Partridge. Of these flying fishes I have seene so many flee together, that you would have thought them to be a great flocke of Birds afarre off. They are but little fishes, scarsly so big as an Hering.
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- Voyages and Works of John Davis, the Navigator , pp. 157 - 184Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2010