The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1873-05-15
FORMER EXPLORERS.
The fste OF These Who Have Preceded
Captain Hall.

days Of Columbus. In the year 1000. 3
crew Of Icelanders, landed on the coast o.
Massachusetts,, which they called Vineland
Iceland's colonies perished, and her pros.
perity ceased, and the records of her discov.
cry were lost In 1880, the Zeni, two Ven
etians, penetrated 10 the Northern regions,
but without material result. The Cabo,s
however were the first N,r,hern navigators
with fixed purpose in vieS, viz: the dis.
cove1y of the Northwest passage. They
penetrated to 81, so north in 1897. Sit
Hugo Wiloughby, who was sent by the Mus
covy company, in 1858, to find a northwes
passage to India, was frozen to death with
his crew at the mouth of the Arzina, in
Lapland. james Probisher. who journeyed
north three times, in 151G'7S, discovered
Frobisher Straits. and the entrance to Hud
sons Fay. In 1878. Sir Humphry Gilbert,
firm believer in Northwest passage, had
a series of adventures in endeavoring tc
solve the problem. Then, in lS55'5S, Da,
Wis made his voyages, discovering the Strait
which Gears his name. Vim. Baren,z, the
Dutch navigator, made three VOYAGES in
l59i-'96, perishing himself near the Icy
Cape.
Next, Henry Hudson appears. Follow
| ing out his orders from the Muscovy Com
pany, he started direct for the North Pole, "
reaching 81 so, TO return with firm be-
lief that passage could not be found by the
west. The next year and the next, he sail.
ed forth, hoping still TO find an eastward
passage. and discovering instead the New
York Bay. The next year he discovered
hudson's Bay, and win,ered on one of it,
Islands. The spring brought famine and
mutiny, and Hudson persisted or his home
journey. Hudson's Bay was now accepted
NJ the extreme to the Pacific Ocean, and
within the next five years numerous expedi-
tons we're made into il. In 1916, Baffin ex-
plored the bay called after him, making
Trustworthy surveys.
Then the Russians undertook to find the
wished-for passage, but met only with disap-
poiniment. Behring died at sea, and his
vessels were wrecked; Shalarof died of star
walton; Andrejef and Billings commended
with the elements in vain. Won WraDgell
and Acjou organized sledee expeditions, pen
etrated to lat. 160 81 n, and reported an
open sea, which put an end to their journey
Henceforth the North has been explored
chiefly by the British and North Americans.
In 1743 the British Parliament offered q re-
ward Of e20, OGO to the crew which shout
accomplish northwet passage by way Of
Hudson Bay. During 1892 Mr.. Hesrne
in three overland journeys. discovered the
Coppermine river. In 1913 Capt. Phipps
Lord Mulgravs) started out with instruc-
tons to reach the Pole, but did not 90 go far
"a Hudson had. Parliament extended their
offer so rs to include any northern passage,
and promised 5000 to the crew which
should penetrate to within 10 Of the Pole.
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