A Voyage to Hudson's-Bay by the Dobbs Galleyand Californiain the Years 1746 and…

A Voyage to Hudson's-Bay by the Dobbs Galleyand Californiain the Years 1746 and 1747, for Discovering a North West PassageWith an Accurate Survey of the Coast, and Short Natural History of the Country\nAuthor(s): Henry Ellis\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9781108074926, 978-1108074926\nSynopsis\nAfter running away to sea in 1741, Henry Ellis [tel] joined a privately funded expedition with the purpose of discovering the North-West Passage, a possible trade route to the East Indies. While the expedition returned to England unsuccessful in 1747, having been thwarted by hazardous ice, Ellis believed that the route was still likely to exist. The party had travelled further north than any previous expedition, and Ellis's account, first published in 1748, generated great interest. The book includes a brief history of other attempts to find the passage, a map of Hudson Bay, several engravings of the fau.