The Arctic North-East and West Passage: Detectio Freti Hudsoni, or Hessel Gerritsz' Collection of Tracts by Himself, Massa and de Quir on the N.E. and

by Hessel Gerritsz, Isaac Massa, Samuel Muller

Book Overview

This short work contains texts and maps relating to early exploration and trade routes. Included here are descriptions of Russia and Siberia by Isaac Massa (1586-1643), a Dutch merchant and diplomat; one of the memorials relating to Pacific discoveries by the Portuguese explorer Pedro Fernandes de Queir s (c.1565-1615); and maps by the cartographer Hessel Gerritsz (c.1581-1632) showing the discoveries of the English navigator Henry Hudson (d.1611)...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1108075134
• ISBN13: 9781108075138
• Release Date: March 2015
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 0.53 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"