Author: Clements Robert Markham

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2016-07-15

Total Pages: 356

ISBN-13: 9781333054205

Excerpt from The Voyages of Sir James Lancaster, Kt;, To the East Indies: With Abstracts of Journals of Voyages to the East Indies, During the Seventeenth Century, Preserved in the India Office; And the Voyage of Captain John Knight (1606), To Seek the North-West Passage The expedition sailed from Woolwich on the 13th of February 1600, with 480 men. The General, James Lancaster, was on board the Dragon. This vessel was bought from the Earl of Cumberland for her former name having been the [malice Scourge. She was launched on the 1lth of December 1599, and rechristened the Red Dragon, being a vessel of 600 tons, with a crew of 202 men.1 John Middleton was on board the vice-admiral, the Hector, of 800 tons, with a crew of 108 men. The Ascension, commanded by William Brand, was a vessel of 260 tons, with a crew of 82 men; and the Susan, of 240 tons, under John Heyward, had 88 men. The Guest, of 130 tons, was added as a victualler. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.