Excerpt from Hakluytus Posthumus or Purchas His Pilgrimes, Vol. 13: Contayning a History of the World in Sea Voyages and Lande Travells by Englishmen and Others A briefe Discoverie of the Northerne Discoveries of Seas, Coasts, and Countries, delivered in order as they were hopefully begunne, and have ever since happily beene continued by the singular industrie and charge of the Worshipfull Society of Muscovia Merchants of London, with the ten several] Voyages of Captaine Thomas Edge the Authour. 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.