The Great probability of a North West Passage
Subtitle: deduced from observations on the letter of Admiral de Fonte, who sailed from the Callao of Lima on the discovery of a communication between the South Sea and the Atlantic Ocean : and to intercept some navigators from Boston in New England, whom he met with, then in search of a north west passage, proving the authenticity of the Admiral's letter
By: with three explanatory maps by Thomas Jefferys ; with an appendix, containing the account of a discovery of part of the coast and inland country of Labrador, made in 1753
Contributors: Drage, Theodorus Swaine, ca. 1712-1774; Swaine, Charles, fl. 1746-1766
Series: Selected Americana from Sabin's Dictionary of books relating to America, from its discovery to the present time -- 12905-12907
Publisher: Printed for T. Jefferys
Published: 1768
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Format: Microform
Number of pages: 153
Subjects: Fuentes, Bartolomé de, -- 17th cent; Northwest Passage
Notes: Variously attributed to Theodorus Swaine Drage and Charles Swaine

Letter of de Fonte is included as first published in the Monthly miscellany, or, Memoirs of the curious, in April and June, 1708

"The whole interest intended for the advancement of trade and commerce."

Includes bibliographical references

Sabin 28460

Microfiche. Woodbridge, CT : Research Publications, 1994. 3 microfiches : negative. (Selected Americana from Sabin's Dictionary of books relating to America, from its discovery to the present time ; 12905-12907)

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Table of contents: title: 1st. A copy of an authentic Spanish map of America, published in 1608; title: 2d. The discoveries made in Hudson Bay, by Capt. Smith, in 1746 and 1747; title: 3d. A general map of the discoveries of Admiral de Fonte