An account of several late voyages and discoveries

The lntroduékion. xi Pelicans, Orichiches, CaJfowarcs, "V4ft 111,mber of Divers, Duckers, ""ª other Sea Birds, great P11- rieties of Cruftaceous •ná Teftaceous Animals, of Lizards, Serpcnts, &,. - ilt 1J,, Canary Ifiands, ftverAl B11rni11g Mountains, Brimftone, the Rhodium Plant, Euphorbium, Dates, Gum Dragon Trces, &t. Bttt n 1 emttP 11ote here, tlut he(,de.r ttná (,nce th6 11.Joremention;d Navig~tors 1111d Voyagers, more ¡.1rtitttl11r aná Ji,Der Obfervatio11sh11,ve been mt1áe upon f ever4/ o[tho{e PArts of the U'orld low1rás the Eaft ""'' Wcfr lndies, bJ Pl1y ficiam ,111á Othcrs, n,ho h,we r~{ideá long in thofe Rcgions,or elje recei– ,zml. ri,h Colleétions from thenee. But tU to the 1110ft Nonherly Counttric:s 111/ ,ve hAve is from rhe Navigators• The h~f} ,>f whofe Obfen.·ations .ire 1/"011t•i1/J. inthe Volume we here p11bitfb. 'Tü IJ{)W h{~h ti111t to h11Pe11 te the North,And to give A Jhort Chro11ologica! Acco11nt of the feverat Navig 1tions And Difcoveries made towards the North Eaft ,md North Wcfl ,viz.NO\ 'a Zcmbla, North Eaft Grcenland or Spitsberg, aná North Wc:ft Gr~enland,commonq c11/leá Groneland 4nd F.ngronelandt A. D. 1380. Nicolo anJ Antonio Zeni, '"'º rfrh Venet1ans, .ind Brothfrs, fait'd frorn Gi– braltar, inundingfor Flanders ""' England,bttt by gre.sr. Storms were hiven 1\Torthn•a>'ds to Fri(e– land, Jcdan,.t, Groncland or Engronlandt, jor whrch ,ve rej~r the i{e1tdtr to Hackluit and Pur– chas. Anno