Category: Travel Writing
1st. A Copy of an authentic _Spanish_ Map of _America_, published in 1608. 2d. The Discoveries made in _Hudson_'s Bay, by Capt. _Smith_, in 1746 and 1747. 3d. A General Map of the Discoveries of Admiral _de Fonte_.
From the first Falls to the second there were large Levels along Shore, the Mountains at a considerable Distance within Land, especially those on the North Side. The Mountains a...
15. Part 15Those who argue against a North-west Passage have no better Foundation for their Arguments, Than that there is no Tide from Westward. Which is arguing only for the Truth of a Sy...
9. Part 9_De Fonte_'s Address to _Gibbons_ as the Owner, represented so on this Occasion to serve the Purpose, though the Vessel seems to have been _Alexander Shapley_'s, implies that he...
13. Part 13The Extent of _America_ to Northward and Westward, that _America_ and _Asia_ were contiguous and only separated by a Streight, that _California_ was an Island, that a _Passage_...
11. Part 11These Voyages, and we have Accounts of no others, could not have furnished the Cosmographers the principal Materials for composing their Map, and it must have been agreeable to...
6. Part 6The Expression, 'anchored in the Port of _St. Helena_ (in _Spanish_, _Santa Elena_) _within the Cape_,' hath something more particular in it than appears on a transient View. Th...
8. Part 8The Countries of _Quivira_ and _Anian_ were represented, at that Time, to be barren or desolate; as is also evident from the Description of the Inhabitants eating raw Flesh, dri...
3. Part 3The 17th we came to an _Indian_ Town, and the _Indians_ told our Interpreter Mr _Parmentiers_, that a little way from us lay a great Ship where there had never been one before;...
4. Part 4It can scarce be imagined the Whole is without Foundation, though no such Voyage is at present to be come at, _Seyxas_ publishing his Work soon after the Publication by _Peche_,...
5. Part 5Those who censure this Account of _de Fonte_ as a Cheat and a Forgery imposed by some one on the World, have produced no Evidence from Facts, or urged any Thing to shew the Impr...
14. Part 14The _Indians_, who are called _Northern Indians_, having their Habitations to North-west of _Churchill_, mention a Sea to the Westward of them, and which is from _Churchill_ Fac...
10. Part 10What _Bernarda_ says as to his cold Expedition, a Person used to the Climate of _Peru_ might justly say so, of the Nights and Evenings and Mornings, at that Time of the Year, in...
12. Part 12It was this Account with some other that gained the Attention of the greatest Men of that Age to pursue the Discovery of a North-west Passage. Neither would _Dudley_, _Walsingha...
7. Part 7By the Name _Archipelago_, _de Fonte_, who would give the Name with Propriety, expresses it to be a Sea; and on his Return says, he sailed down the River _Los Reys_ to the North...
1. Part 11st. A Copy of an authentic _Spanish_ Map of _America_, published in 1608. 2d. The Discoveries made in _Hudson_'s Bay, by Capt. _Smith_, in 1746 and 1747. 3d. A General Map of t...
2. Part 2_A Letter from Admiral_ Bartholomew de Fonte, _then Admiral of_ New Spain _and_ Peru, _and now Prince of_ Chili; _giving an Account of the most material Transactions in a Journa...
17. Part 17While the Schooner's People were viewing the Cloaths, Word was brought that the _Eskemaux_ were coming, who may be heard shouting almost before that they can be discerned, the S...