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1553 Eng Sir Hugh Willoughby & Richard Chancellor 3 ships Nova Zembla - sir H.W. & crew of 2 vessels frozen to death on coast of Lapland (57) do Scoresby Arc R Apn III 1555 Chancellor drowned on trading voyage to same quarter (57) 1578 Eng. Frobisher - one ship lost 10 persons died (58) 1583 Eng ^[[insertion]] Sir [[/insertion]] Humphrey Gilbert 5 vessels N.W. one vessel lost & about 90 men (58) do 1586 Eng John Davis - ^[[one of his]] vessels lost & all hands (58) 1596 Barents lost vessel - died & several of the crew (59) 1596 Sebastiano Vizcaino - one place lost 17 men [[end page]] [[start page]] English 1819 Franklin Expedition Starvation - Killing of Hood 1501 P. Gaspar Cortereal - N. W. Passage 2 ships lost one in wh was [[insertion]] the [[/insertion]] com - nevr heard from - consort returned safe 1502 Portugal - Michael Cortereal with 3 ships search for his brother He & ship lost - the 2 returned Scoresby's Arctic R 56 Apendix 3 1527 Eng - 2 ships - Howard North Pole - one ship lost 1535 Fr - Jaques Cartier with 3 ships - N. W. Passage 25 of the crew died of scurvy do (56) 1536 Eng - 2 ships toward N W. - crews suffered much famine (56) do.
Transcription Notes:
Hall is taking notes from Appendix No. III of Scoresby, William. 1820. An account of the Arctic regions: with a history and description of the northern whale-fishery. Edinburgh: Printed for Archibald Constable & Co.