{"product_id":"danish-arctic-expeditions-1605-to-1620-volume-2-the-expedition-of-captain-jens-munk-to-hudson-s-bay-in-search-of-a-north-west-passage-in-1619-20-in-two-books-paperback-9781108012935","title":"Danish Arctic Expeditions, 1605 to 1620: Volume 2, The Expedition of Captain Jens Munk to Hudson’s Bay in Search of a North-West Passage in 1619–20; In Two Books (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108012935","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eDanish Arctic Expeditions, 1605 to 1620: Volume 2, The Expedition of Captain Jens Munk to Hudson’s Bay in Search of a North-West Passage in 1619–20\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eIn Two Books\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eJens Munk's account of the Danish 1619–1620 expedition to Hudson's Bay in search of a North-West Passage to Asia.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eC. C. A. Gosch (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108012935, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 30 September 2010\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e340 pages, 6 maps\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 1.9 cm, 0.43 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThe publications of the Hakluyt Society (founded in 1846) made available edited (and sometimes translated) early accounts of exploration. The first series, which ran from 1847 to 1899, consists of 100 books containing published or previously unpublished works by authors from Christopher Columbus to Sir Francis Drake, and covering voyages to the New World, to China and Japan, to Russia and to Africa and India. This 1897 volume contains the first English translation of Jens Munk's Navigatio Septentrionalis, his account of the Danish expedition of 1619–1620 in search of a North-West Passage to Asia. They reached Hudson's Bay and explored it, producing the first map to show the whole area. However, they were poorly prepared for the conditions there, and almost all the crew died from cold, hunger or disease. They returned to Denmark the following year, and although another expedition was planned, it did not take place.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e Jens Munk's 'Navigatio Septentrionalis'\u003cbr\u003e Commentary\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: European history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on European history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22European%20history%20%5BHBJD%5D%22\"\u003eHBJD\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46265931399448,"sku":"9781108012935","price":35.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108012935i.jpg?v=1694869245","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/danish-arctic-expeditions-1605-to-1620-volume-2-the-expedition-of-captain-jens-munk-to-hudson-s-bay-in-search-of-a-north-west-passage-in-1619-20-in-two-books-paperback-9781108012935","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}