particular Mappes of the West Indies, of all Asia, of the Northern
kingdomes, of the East Indies, Mercator in some of his globes, and generall
Mappes of the world, Moletius in his vniuersall table of the Globe diuided,
in his sea Carde, and particuler tables of the East Indies, Zalterius, and
Don Diego, with Ferdinando Bertely, and others, doe so much differ from
Gemma Frisius and Cabota, among themselues, and in diuers places from
themselues, concerning the diuers situation and sundry limits of America,
that one may not so rashly, as timely surmise, these men either to be
ignorant in those points touching the aforesaid region, or that the Mappes
they haue giuen out vnto the world, were collected onely by them, and neuer
of their owne drawing.

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The first Voyage of M. Martine Frobisher, to the Northwest, for the search
of the straight or passage to China, written by Christopher Hall, Master
in the Gabriel, and made in the yeere of our Lord 1576.

The 7. of Iune being Thursday, the two Barks, viz. the Gabriel, and the
Michael [Marginal note: M. Matthew Kinderslye was Captaine of the Michael.]
and our Pinnesse set saile at Ratcliffe, and bare down to Detford, and
there we ancred: the cause was that our Pinnesse burst her boulsprit, and
foremast aboard of a ship that rode at Detford, else wee meant to haue past
that day by the Court then at Grenewich.

The 8. day being Friday, about 12 of the clocke we wayed at Detford, and
set saile all three of vs, and bare downe by the Court, where we shotte off
our ordinance and made the best shew we could: Her Maiestie beholding the
same, commended it, and bade vs farewell, with shaking her hand at vs out
of the window. Afterward shee sent a Gentleman aboord of vs, who declared