Fuentes, Bartolom�e de, 17th cent.

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An account of the countries adjoining to Hudson's Bay, in the north-west part of America : containing a description of their lakes and rivers, the nature of the soil and climates, and their methods of commerce, &c. shewing the benefit to be made by settling colonies, and opening a trade in these parts : whereby the French will be deprived in a great measure of their traffick in furs, and the communication between Canada and Mississippi be cut off : with an abstract of Captain Middleton's journal, and observations upon his behaviour during his voyage, and since his return : to which are added : I. A letter from Bartholomew de Fonte ... giving an account of his voyage from Lima in Peru, to prevent, or seize upon any ships that should attempt to find a north-west passage to the South Sea : II. An abstract of all the discoveries which have been publish'd of the islands and countries in and adjoining to the great western ocean between America, India, and China, &c. ... : III. The Hudson's Bay Company's charter : IV. The standard of trade in those parts of America : with an account of the exports and profits made annually by the Hudson's Bay Company : V. Vocabularies of the languages of several Indian nations adjoining to Hudson's Bay : the whole intended to shew the great probability of a north-west passage ... / by Arthur Dobbs.
Dobbs, Arthur 1689-1765.Date: 1744

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The great probability of a North West Passage: 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. With three explanatory maps . 1st. A Copy of an authentic Spanish Map of America, published in 1608. 2d. The Discoveries made in Hudson's Bay, by Capt. Smith, in 1746 and 1747. 3d. A General Map of the Discoveries of Admiral de Fonte. By Thomas Jefferys, Geographer to the King. With an appendix. Containing the account of a discovery of part of the coast and inland country of Labrador, made in 1753. The Whole intended for The Advancement of Trade and Commerce
Date: 1768