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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
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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.