The Three Voyages of Martin Frobisher Book contents
- Frontmatter
- INTRODUCTION
- SIR MARTIN FROBISHER, KNT
- STATE PAPERS PREVIOUS TO THE FIRST VOYAGE
- WHAT COMMODITIES AND INSTRUCTIONS MAY BE REAPED BY DILIGENT READING THIS DISCOURSE
- TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE, MY SINGULAR GOOD MAYSTER, SIR CHRISTOPHER HATTON, KNIGHT, CAPTAINE OF THE QUEENES MAJESTIES GARDE, VIZCHAMBERLAINE TO HIR HIGHNESSE, AND ONE OF HIR MAJESTIES MOST HONOURABLE PRIVIE COUNSALE
- THE PRINTER TO THE READER
- THE FYRST BOOKE OF THE FIRST VOYAGE OF MARTIN FROBISHER, ESQUIER, CAPTAYNE GENERALL FOR THE DISCOVERIE OF THE PASSAGE TO CATAYA AND THE EAST INDIA, BY THE NORTHWEAST, FIRST ATTEMPTED IN ANNO DOM. 1576, THE 15. OF MAY
- STATE PAPERS SUBSEQUENT TO THE FIRST VOYAGE
- ACCOUNT OF THE SECOND VOYAGE, WITH THE INSTRUCTIONS GIVEN TO MARTYNE FURBISHER
- A TRUE REPORTE OF SUCH THINGS AS HAPNED IN THE SECOND VOYAGE OF CAPTAYNE FROBYSHER, PRETENDED FOR THE DISCOVERIE OF A NEW PASSAGE TO CATAYA, CHINA, AND THE EAST INDIA, BY THE NORTH WEST. ANNO DO. 1577
- STATE PAPERS SUBSEQUENT TO THE SECOND VOYAGE
- STATE PAPERS RELATIVE TO THE TRIAL OF THE ORE SUBSEQUENT TO THE SECOND VOYAGE
- STATE PAPERS CONCERNING THE TRIALL OF THE EWR PREVIOUS TO THE THIRD VOYAGE
- STATE PAPERS RELATIVE TO THE OUTFIT FOR THE THIRD VOYAGE
- THE THIRDE VOYAGE OF CAPTAINE FROBISHER, PRETENDED FOR THE DISCOVERIE OF CATAYA, BY META INCOGNITA. ANNO DO. 1578
- ANOTHER ACCOUNT OF THE THIRD VOYAGE, BY EDWARD SELLMAN
- STATE PAPERS SUBSEQUENT TO THE THIRD VOYAGE
- A DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF RELICS OF FROBISHER'S EXPEDITIONS TO THE ARCTIC REGIONS IN THE YEARS 1576-7-8
- INDEX
- Plate section
ACCOUNT OF THE SECOND VOYAGE, WITH THE INSTRUCTIONS GIVEN TO MARTYNE FURBISHER
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 July 2011
- Frontmatter
- INTRODUCTION
- SIR MARTIN FROBISHER, KNT
- STATE PAPERS PREVIOUS TO THE FIRST VOYAGE
- WHAT COMMODITIES AND INSTRUCTIONS MAY BE REAPED BY DILIGENT READING THIS DISCOURSE
- TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE, MY SINGULAR GOOD MAYSTER, SIR CHRISTOPHER HATTON, KNIGHT, CAPTAINE OF THE QUEENES MAJESTIES GARDE, VIZCHAMBERLAINE TO HIR HIGHNESSE, AND ONE OF HIR MAJESTIES MOST HONOURABLE PRIVIE COUNSALE
- THE PRINTER TO THE READER
- THE FYRST BOOKE OF THE FIRST VOYAGE OF MARTIN FROBISHER, ESQUIER, CAPTAYNE GENERALL FOR THE DISCOVERIE OF THE PASSAGE TO CATAYA AND THE EAST INDIA, BY THE NORTHWEAST, FIRST ATTEMPTED IN ANNO DOM. 1576, THE 15. OF MAY
- STATE PAPERS SUBSEQUENT TO THE FIRST VOYAGE
- ACCOUNT OF THE SECOND VOYAGE, WITH THE INSTRUCTIONS GIVEN TO MARTYNE FURBISHER
- A TRUE REPORTE OF SUCH THINGS AS HAPNED IN THE SECOND VOYAGE OF CAPTAYNE FROBYSHER, PRETENDED FOR THE DISCOVERIE OF A NEW PASSAGE TO CATAYA, CHINA, AND THE EAST INDIA, BY THE NORTH WEST. ANNO DO. 1577
- STATE PAPERS SUBSEQUENT TO THE SECOND VOYAGE
- STATE PAPERS RELATIVE TO THE TRIAL OF THE ORE SUBSEQUENT TO THE SECOND VOYAGE
- STATE PAPERS CONCERNING THE TRIALL OF THE EWR PREVIOUS TO THE THIRD VOYAGE
- STATE PAPERS RELATIVE TO THE OUTFIT FOR THE THIRD VOYAGE
- THE THIRDE VOYAGE OF CAPTAINE FROBISHER, PRETENDED FOR THE DISCOVERIE OF CATAYA, BY META INCOGNITA. ANNO DO. 1578
- ANOTHER ACCOUNT OF THE THIRD VOYAGE, BY EDWARD SELLMAN
- STATE PAPERS SUBSEQUENT TO THE THIRD VOYAGE
- A DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF RELICS OF FROBISHER'S EXPEDITIONS TO THE ARCTIC REGIONS IN THE YEARS 1576-7-8
- INDEX
- Plate section
Summary
INSTRUCTIONS GIVEN TO MARTTNE FFURBISHER, GENT., FOR ORDERS TO BE OBSERVED IN THE VIAGE NOWE RECOMMENDED TO HIM FOR THE NORTH WEST PARTS AND CATHAY.
1. Fyrst, you shall entre as Captayne Generall into the chardge and government of theise three vessels, viz., the Ayde, the Gabriell, and the Michaell, wth all that appertaynethe to them whatsoever.
2. Item, you shall appoint for the furnishing of the sayd vessels, the nomber of 120 persons, whereof xc shalbee maryners, gonneers, carpenters, and other necessarie men to serve for the vse of the shippes: the other xxx to bee moyners, fyners, merchants, and other necessarie persons bothe to accompanie and attend vppon you wch nomber you shall not in any wise exceade.
3. Item, the victualls for vij monthes wch is delivered into the sayd shippes for the provision of the foresayd persons, you shall carefully see the same expended and preserved without spoyle or hurt taking by negligence.
4. Item, you shall not receave into yor companie anie disordred person as neere as you may, and vppon knowledge had to remove them except such as you have received by our order yat were prisoners and condemned persons.
5. Item, you shall vse all diligence possible to depart wth yor sayd vessells from hence before the xxth of this present, and to take yor course by north or the west as the wynds will best serve you.
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- The Three Voyages of Martin FrobisherIn Search of a Passage to Cathaia and India by the North-West, A.D. 1576–8, pp. 117 - 120Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2010First published in: 1867