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Northwest Passage collection [textual record]

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Date:

[after 1541], [ca. 1586].

Reference:

R17033-0-8-E, MG21-HarleyMSS.167, MG21-HarleyMSS.306

Type of material:

Textual material

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Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

105456

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Northwest Passage collection
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Date(s):

[after 1541], [ca. 1586].

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

9 p. transcripts.

Language of material:

English

Added language of material:

English, Latin

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Harlein Manuscripts 167 is a volume containing a collection of tracts and papers relating mainly to maritime affairs, customs, etc., bound together. Harlein Manuscripts 306 is a similar volume of tracts and papers relating chiefly to trade, customs and navigation bound together. Two items were copied by the National Archives totalling 9 pages of transcripts.

Includes a document entitled: "Concerninge a passage to be made from our Northe sea into the southe sea as shall appeare": an argument promoting a route to the South Seas and China via a northwest passage rather than by way of the Straits of Magellan, 7 pages.

Includes an item entitled "Declaratio quo Cursu sit navigandum ex Boreali mari in Australe ut sic perveniatur in Regiones quae Sepango et Mangi vocantur, et inde in Catayam et Molouchas, ubi Aromata petuntur": a statement regarding the passage from the north sea into the south sea in order to reach Japan, Manchuria, China and the Moluccas, where spices are to be obtained, 2 pages.

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Custodial history:

The Harleian Manuscripts were collected by Robert Harley (1661-1724) and Edward Harley (1689-1741), 1st and 2nd Earls of Oxford respectively. In 1753, they were purchased from the Countess of Oxford and Mortimer and the Duchess of Portland, by the British Museum (now the British Library). They are kept as a separate collection catalogued as Harley MSS. 1-7660., In 1914, the National Archives of Canada transcribed one small excerpt from each of the volumes.

Location of originals note:

Originals with the British Library, London, England.
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Discoveries in geography, [after 1541, ca. 1586] "Concerning a passage to be made from our Northe sea into the southe sea as shall appeare", ca. 1586

Northwest passage - Discovery and exploration, [after 1541, ca. 1586]

Arctic regions - Discovery and exploration, [after 1541, ca. 1586]

Navigation - Great Britain, [after 1541, ca. 1586]
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MG21-HarleyMSS.167
MG21-HarleyMSS.306
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[Consultation90 Open]

Volume [MG21 Harley Mss. 167] 1

[Consultation 90 Open]

Volume [MG21 Harley Mss. 306] 1

[Consultation 90 Open]

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