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 W. Passage, Siberia and Australia (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. 1878 Excerpt: ...mentio, fed non fublata eft, non dubito tamen Chriftianam fidem apud eos facile poflc propagari, fi modo idonei fatis, & maxime pij verbi divini praecones e6 mittcrentur, quod opus maxim& Chriftianum non intermittetur, ubi Mars ab ipfis exulaverit. Hifce omnibus ita tranfaftis Anicouvij, ad magnas dignita tes afcenderunt, magnaque paflim immunitate quin & Impe rio in finitimis terris donati, latifundia centu inter fe miliari bus diflitn, ad fluvios Dunam, Witfogdam, & Soehnam pa cifice cifice poflidentes, ita uc potentiflimi, opulentiflimique fint & habeantur, nullufque fit honorum & dignitatum modus. Deliberatum imo flatutum jam apud Mofchos, deligenda adflumen Oby, & finitimis Regionibus, loca, natura fua munira, ut in ijs (truant, & praefidiario milite firment Arces, eoque mittant Gubernatorem publicum qui magis ac magis vicinas terras detegat, regnoque adjiciat: Nec defuit eventus primum enim ftruftae funt validae arces aliquot, ad formam Murorum Gallicorum, trabibus direftis perpetuis in longitudinem, fine faxis, paribus intervallis, quae multo aggere intus effarciuntur ufque ad iuftam altitudinem, quae poftea praefidio munitae funt. Tantaque in dies eo mittitur hominum multitudo, ut nonnullis locis jam colleftae fint civitates, e Polonie, Tartaris, Ruflis alijfque nationibus inter fe mixtis. Omnes enim exules, homicidae, proditores, fures & qui morte digni e6 relegantur: quorum nonnulli aliquandiu in vinculis detinentur, aliqui libere vivunt aliquot annis, refpeftu fceleris commifli, hinc populofae tandem coalverunt hominum focietates, quae un3 cum arcibus integrum conficiunt regnum, confluentibus eo quotidie multis tenuioris fortunae hominibus, ut fruantur immunitatibus, ibi conceflis. Ifti traftui nomen eft SIBERI...

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Cambridge Library Collection - Polar Exploration
Release date:	March 2015
Authors:	Hessel Gerritsz
Translators:	Fred John Millard
Introduction by:	S. Muller
Dimensions:	216 x 140 x 11mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	184
ISBN-13:	978-1-108-07513-8
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > European history > General Books > History > European history > General Promotions
LSN:	1-108-07513-4
Barcode:	9781108075138

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