The American Quarterly Register Volume 5 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1833 Excerpt: ...the above-named voyage. 1606 Archipelago del Espirito Santo--discovered by Guiros, a Portuguese, sent from Peru. These Islands are the Cyclades of Bougainville, and the New Hebrides of Cook. Otaheite--supposed to be discovered by Guiros, who named it Sagittaria. "1 Hudson's Say--discovered by the celebrated English navigator, Hudson, on 1607 (_ his third voyage. Venturing to pass the winter in this Bay on his fourth 1610 f voyage, he was, with four others, thrown by his sailors into a boat, and left to J perish. 1607 Chesapeake Say--discovered by John Smith. 1615 Straits // Le Maire--discovered with the island of Staten on the east, by Le Maire, a merchant of Amsterdam, and Schouten, a merchant of Horn. 1616 Cape Hum--doubled by Le Maire and Schouten, Dutch navigators, who called it after the town of which Schouten was a native. These enterprizing men performed a voyage round the world in about two years. 1616 Van Dieman's Land--discovered by the Dutch. 1616 Baffin's Bay--discovered by William Baffin, an Englishman. The nature and extent of this discovery were much doubted, till the expeditions of Ross and Parry proved that Baffin was substantially accurate in his statement. 1636 Frozen Ocean.--In this year the Russians discovered that this ocean washed and bounded the north of Asia. The first Russian ship sailed down the Lena into this sea. 1642 JVew Zealand--with the southern part of Van Dieman's Land, discovered by Tasman, a Dutch navigator. 1654 Sourbon--Isle of, occupied by the French. 1673 Louisiana--discovered by the French. This country received its name from La Salle, a Frenchman, who explored the Mississippi, in 1682. 1686 Easter Island--discovered by Roggewein, a Dutch navigator. 1690 Kamschatka--the principal settlement of the Russians on t...