The publications of the Hakluyt Society (founded in 1846) made
available edited (and sometimes translated) early accounts of
exploration. The first series, which ran from 1847 to 1899,
consists of 100 books containing published or previously
unpublished works by authors from Christopher Columbus to Sir
Francis Drake, and covering voyages to the New World, to China and
Japan, to Russia and to Africa and India. Volume 5, published in
1849 and edited by Thomas Rundall, contains a collection of
accounts relating to the search for the 'North-West Passage' - the
hoped-for route to the Far East and India through the scattered
islands and freezing seas to the north of Canada. Narratives of
attempts by famous explorers such as Cabot, Frobisher, Hudson and
Baffin as well as lesser known figures are accompanied by an
editorial introduction and conclusion, and by explanatory notes.
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