FORMING A COMPLETE HISTORY OF THE ORIGIN AND PROGRESS OF NAVIGATION,
DISCOVERY, AND COMMERCE, BY SEA AND LAND, FROM THE EARLIEST AGES TO THE
PRESENT TIME.
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BY
ROBERT KERR, F.R.S. & F.A.S. EDIN.
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ILLUSTRATED BY MAPS AND CHARTS.
VOL. X.
MDCCCXXIV.
CONTENTS OF VOL. X.
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PART II. BOOK IV. CONTINUED.
CHAP. I - Early Circumnavigations, or Voyages round the World,
Introduction,
CHAP. I. - Voyage of Ferdinand Magellan round the World, in 1519-1522,
SECT. I. Some Account of Magellan, previous to the Commencement of the
Voyage,
II. Proceedings of the Voyage from Seville to Patagonia, and wintering
there,
III. Prosecution of the Voyage, till the Death of Magellan,
IV. Continuation of the Voyage to its Conclusion,
CHAP. II. Voyage by Sir Francis Drake round the World, in 1517-1580,
SECT. I. Introduction, and Preparation for the Voyage,
II. Narrative of the Voyage from England to the Straits of Magellan,
III. Incidents of the Voyage, from the Straits of Magellan to New
Albion,
IV. Continuation of the Voyage, from New Albion to England.
V. Reception of Sir Francis Drake in England, and some Notices of his
remaining Actions,
SECT. VI First Supplement to the Voyage of Sir Francis Drake; being an
Account of Part of the foregoing Navigation, by Nuno da Silva,
VII Second Supplement, being the Voyage of Mr John Winter, after parting
from Sir Francis Drake,
CHAP. III - Voyage of Sir Thomas Candish round the World, in 1586-1588,
Introduction,
SECT. I. Narrative of the Voyage from England to the Pacific,
II. Transactions on the Western Coast of America,
III. Voyage Home to England,
IV. Second Voyage of Sir Thomas Candish, intended for the South Sea, in
1591
Sec. 1. Incidents in the Voyage, till the Separation of the Ships,
Sec. 2. Disastrous Result of the Voyage to Sir Thomas Candish,
Sec. 3. Continuation of the Voyage of the Desire, Captain Davis, after
parting from Sir Thomas Candish,
CHAP. IV. Voyage of Oliver Van Noort round the World, in 1538-1601,
Introduction,
SECT. I. Narrative of the Voyage.
II. Voyage of Sebald de Weert, to the South Sea and Straits of Magellan,
in 1598,
Sec. 1. Incidents of the Voyage from Holland to the Straits of Magellan,
Sec. 2. The Fleet passes through the Straits of Magellan into the South
Sea, and is forced to return,
Sec. 3. Incidents daring their second Residence in the Straits of Magellan,
Sec. 4. Voyage from the Straits to Holland,
CHAP. V - Voyage of George Spilbergen round the World, in 1614-1617,
SECT. I. Narrative of the Voyage, from Holland to the South Sea,
II. Transactions in the South Sea, along the Western Coast of America,
III. Voyage Home from America, by the East Indies and Cape of Good Hope,
CHAP. VI - Voyage round the World, in 1615-1617, by William Cornelison
Schouten and Jacques Le Maire, going round Cape Horn,
Introduction,
SECT. I. Journal of the Voyage from the Texel to Cape Horn,
