"Northwest passage" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... the Arcipelago de La Tramontana, or the Arcipelago Septentrional—the northern archipelago. He gives us to understand that he, himself, or Chaves, had this information from the Report and Survey of Gomez, who, in his search for a northwest passage to Asia in 1525, "discovered all these coasts lying between 41 deg. and 41 deg. 30' north". As a matter of fact, his careful explorations certainly covered all the territory ...
— Fishing Grounds of the Gulf of Maine • Walter H. Rich
... strait of Anian (for which name see Bancroft's History of Northwest Coast, i, pp. 53-56), was the supposed western terminus of the northwest passage, whose eastern terminus Cortereal was thought to have found in Hudson Strait. A kingdom marked Anian is shown On Ortelius's map (Theatrum orbis terrarum, Antwerp, 1574), with the strait just north of it, above 60 deg.. Both the kingdom and district are shown on ...
— The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898: Volume XVII, 1609-1616 • Various
... a company of London merchants sent him to look for a northwest passage to China. These merchants knew that if such a passage could be found, the journey to China would be much shorter than by the overland route then used. It would take less time to sail around the earth ...
— Discoverers and Explorers • Edward R. Shaw
... a Fleet, sailing in prescribed track, for fixed objects; above all, in combination, wherein, by mutual guidance, by all manner of loans and borrowings, each could manifoldly aid the other? How wilt thou sail in unknown seas; and for thyself find that shorter Northwest Passage to thy fair Spice-country of a Nowhere?—A solitary rover, on such a voyage, with such nautical tactics, will meet with adventures. Nay, as we forthwith discover, a certain Calypso-Island detains him at the very outset; and as it were falsifies ...
— Sartor Resartus - The Life and Opinions of Herr Teufelsdrockh • Thomas Carlyle
... a voyage in search of the Northwest Passage. In one of his voyages he discovered Cape Cod, and ...
— Comic History of the United States • Bill Nye |
