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The dangerous voyage of Capt. Thomas James : in his intended discovery of a North West passage into the South Sea : wherein the miseries indured [sic], both going, wintering and returning, and the rarities observ'd ... are related ... : to which is added, a map ...; also divers tables ... of the variation of the compass, &c
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Printed in 1633, and now reprinted for O. Payne .,
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| 100 | 1 | |a James, Thomas, |d 1593?-1635? | |
| 245 | 1 | 4 | |a The dangerous voyage of Capt. Thomas James : |b in his intended discovery of a North West passage into the South Sea : wherein the miseries indured [sic], both going, wintering and returning, and the rarities observ'd ... are related ... : to which is added, a map ...; also divers tables ... of the variation of the compass, &c |c with an appendix, concerning the longitude, by Master Gellibrand |
| 250 | |a 2nd ed. / |b rev. and corr. | ||
| 260 | |a London : |b Printed in 1633, and now reprinted for O. Payne ., |c 1740. | ||
| 300 | |a [10], 142 p., [1] folded leaf of plates : |b map ; |c 20 cm. (8vo) | ||
| 500 | |a First published under title, "The Strange and Dangerous Voyage of Captaine Thomas Iames." Cox II, p. 4 lists this 2nd edition, "said to be inferior to the original." Cf. Maggs 465. | ||
| 500 | |a James was forced by exceptionally bad weather to winter in the southern part of Hudson Bay. His account "contains some remarkable physical observations respecting the intensity of the cold and the accumulation of ice in northern latitudes."--Lowndes. | ||
| 500 | |a Publ. with "An account of a voyage for the discovery of a North-west passage...By the clerk of the California," London, 1748. | ||
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| 650 | 0 | |a Northwest Passage. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Voyages and travels. | |
| 651 | 0 | |a Pacific Ocean |x Discovery and exploration. | |
| 773 | 0 | |a Coxe, Daniel. |t Collection of voyages and travels. |d London, 1741 | |
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