An account of several late voyages and discoveries

Tl1e lntrodulHon, tton; 111eeling •ith Wh11les, m11cb lee,"'"' FtJr,ls. bttilt "Pinnace ;,, River Nelfon, whcre hefa11nd eri1l re11111ins left there bJ Sir Thomas Button: obferv' d 11bNnda11ce of J111all fpr11ce f'ir-Trees "" h Jide1 tbat Ri'lJer al111oft ~·,vcr'd with mfl/i, anel er{orll of Tree1, b11t f 111all; the ValkJt had gtJtJel rfi ,Blac/c: Be"ie 1,StrA111-Berriu,Vete hes, Vt11ifo11, . bNI no Natives or /nbabitanls to be 111el rr,ith ¡,. ·, place, tho' in other parts oftheje Sett16e [1l111ft• al S:ivages. C11plain James deparling fro111 Eng– d fon, after C11ptain Fox, 11po11 the fl1111e dejlgN,, ~ both 111c1 and carefld cach other nea, Port Nel• , in the month of Auguft. Fox gol home hefwe ter, ln11 the other ~'" farc'd 10 fl111 till the I S111#111e,. Ofwhich 1110,e in the f0Uon,i11g Pa– raph, 1111d ;,, 011r Supplement at the enel. Anno 1 6 3 1. The mofl inge11io11.1 Captai11 Tho– sJames n,as ifllplolJ hJ the i11q11ifit~ve Merchants Briftol, lo alle111pt 11nd elifoovcr " North-We(t age inlo the Souch-Sea, a11d was defig11'd for fo c11/t awork..b¡ King Char)es the Firíl:; whowas s'd to co111111aná hin, lo p11b/ifh hi1 Vo¡«ge in the r 163 3. wherein he gives avery acc1'r11te andj•· io111 Ac:co,mts of the hardjhips both ingoing,r,in• ·11g, returning; as ttlfo o.f lhe Streights,, Capes, ys, Tydes, Soundings, Variation1 of the Com..; s, aud of the Natural l\arities both Philofop/,i– "11d Aft,thematical, lo.(!,ether with a Piar or Card, diver.1 Tables. 0111 of this Journa] Mr. Boyle ifeffes that he tool<, '"""} Pajfagcs anel Ph~110111e1111 teá in his Hifiory of Cold. Thi.t excel/ent Na– lllor feem, to be o/ opinion, that there is 110 paf. bJ the North-Weíl: to China, Japan, f§c. Hir (b 3) Re11fon1