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

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In the early seventeenth century, Hessel Gerritsz (c.1581–1632) compiled this remarkable collection of texts in Dutch relating to early exploration and trade routes. Published in 1878 by Frederik Muller (1817–81), the present work also includes Latin and English translations, and a helpful explanatory chapter.