 | Sir Walter Raleigh - English literature - 1829 - 714 pages
...fol. Arnbeim. 1620. p. 65. As for sir Humphrey's writings, we have extant in llakluyt, vol. 3. pn his discourse to prove a passage by the north-west to Cathay and the East Indies, in ten chapters; first published in .tt». 1576. at the end of which he mentions another discourse,... | |
 | Sir Walter Raleigh - Great Britain - 1829 - 710 pages
...fol. Arnhcim. 1620. p. 65. As for sir Humphrey'swritings,we have extant in Hakluyt, vol. 3. pn his discourse to prove a passage by the north-west to Cathay and the East Indies, in ten chapters; tirst published in 410. I.17C). at the end of which he mentions another discourse,... | |
 | Sir Walter Raleigh - English literature - 1829 - 714 pages
...Arnheim. 1620. p. 65. As for sir Humphrey's writings, we have extant in Hakluyt, vol. 3. p. 11. his discourse to prove a passage by the north-west to Cathay and the East Indies, in ten chapters; first published in 41o. 1576. at the end of which he mentions another discourse, now... | |
 | Great Britain. Public Record Office - Great Britain - 1862 - 658 pages
...the proving of a passage by the North-east, was answered by Sir Humphrey Gylberte in cap. 8. of his Discourse " to prove a passage by the North-west to Cathay " and the East Indies." 1 Jenckynson was soon after this sent by the Queen on a voyage to Russia. 2 Previous to his leaving... | |
 | Henry Richard Fox Bourne - Great Britain - 1866 - 464 pages
...and for the honour of her Majesty.' t To the same effect was a very able treatise written by him ' to prove a passage by the north-west to Cathay and the East Indies,' published in May, 15754 The date is important. Though Gilbert had not sufficient influence at Court... | |
 | Henry Richard Fox Bourne - Great Britain - 1866 - 464 pages
...and for the honour of her Majesty.' t To the same effect was a very able treatise written by him ' to prove a passage by the north-west to Cathay and the East Indies,' published in May, 15754 The date is important. Though Gilbert had not sufficient influence at Court... | |
 | Henry Richard Fox Bourne - 1868 - 338 pages
...which he had perfected plainly with his own pen." The chief of these " exercises " was a learned ' Discourse to prove a Passage by the NorthWest to Cathay and the East Indies,' which Gascoigne borrowed, and, either with or without permission, lost no time in publishing.* This... | |
 | Henry Richard Fox Bourne - Explorers - 1868 - 666 pages
...which he had perfected plainly with his own pen." The chief of these " exercises " was a learned ' Discourse to prove a Passage by the NorthWest to Cathay and the East Indies,' which Gascoigne borrowed, and, either with or without permission, lost no time in publishing.* This... | |
 | Cassell, ltd - 1876 - 466 pages
...urged that the Indies might be reached by sailing to the north-west instead of the north-east. His " Discourse to prove a Passage by the Northwest to Cathay and the East Indies," was printed in 1577, by Richard Eden, in his "History of Travayle in the West and East Indies," and... | |
 | Louise Creighton - Great Britain - 1877 - 304 pages
...do all he could to revive it. At first he met with little encouragement; but in 1576 he published a Discourse to prove a Passage by the North-West to Cathay and the East Indies. This writing helped to fire Martin Frobisher with ambition. He undertook in all three voyages with... | |
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to prove a passage by the northwest to Cathay and the East Indies," and offered to find it by the " travel hazard and peril of my life," on condition that he and his heirs should be secured in the fruits of the discovery. 
