- This work is not confined to voyages and discoveries in the
Arctic regions; but comprises those made in the central regions of Asia in
the middle ages, as well as those in the northern parts of America. Its
character is like that of all Forster's productions, to some of which we
have already had occasion to advert.
203. Russian Voyages of Discovery for a North-west Passage. By Muller.
London. 4to. 1800. - The following work, though relating rather to
discoveries in the sea between Asia and America, than to attempts for a
north-east or north-west passage, may be placed here, as a continuation of
the work of Muller, which comes no farther down than the expedition of
Behring, in 1741.
204. Account of the Russian Discoveries between Asia and America. By
William Coxe, 1780. 8vo. - This work is interesting, not merely from the
particular subject which the title indicates, but also on account of the
sketch it contains of the conquest of Siberia, and of the Russian commerce
with China.
205. Historia Navigationis Mar. Frobisberi, 1577. Nuremburg, 1580. 8vo.
206. Descriptio novi Freti, recens inventi, ab Hen. Hudson. Amsterdam,
1613. 4to.
207. Captain James's Voyage for the Discovery of the Northwest Passage, in
1632. London, 1633. 4to. - This narrative contains some remarkable physical
observations on the cold and ice; but no hint of any discovery of
importance.
208. Henry Ellis's Voyage for the Discovery of a North-west Passage, in
1746-7.
