See also:

• DAVIS (or DAVYS), JOHN (1550 ?-16o5)
• DAVIS, ANDREW JACKSON (1826—1910)
• DAVIS, CHARLES HOWARD (1857- )
• DAVIS, CUSHMAN KELLOGG (1838-1900)
• DAVIS, HENRY WILLIAM BANKS (1833- )
• DAVIS, HENRY WINTER (1817-1865)
• DAVIS, JEFFERSON (1808–1889)
• DAVIS, THOMAS OSBORNE (1814–1845)

DAVIS (or DAVYS), See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

JOHN (1550 ?-16o5)  , one of the See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief See also:

• ENGLISH

English navigators and explorers under See also:

• ELIZABETH
• ELIZABETH (1533-1603)
• ELIZABETH (1596-1662)
• ELIZABETH (1635–1650)
• ELIZABETH [ AMELIE EUGENIE ] (1837—1898)
• ELIZABETH [1lisabeth Philippine Marie Helene of France] (1764—1794)
• ELIZABETH [PAULINE ELIZABETH OTTILIE LOUISE] (1843– )
• ELIZABETH [PETROVNA] (1709-1762), EMPRESS
• ELIZABETH, SAINT (1207-1231)

Elizabeth, especially in Polar regions, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at Sandridge near See also:

• DARTMOUTH
• DARTMOUTH, EARL OF

Dartmouth about 1550 . From a boy he was a sailor, and See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early made several voyages with See also:

• ADRIAN
• ADRIAN, SAINT

Adrian See also:

• GILBERT
• GILBERT (KINGSMILL) ISLANDS
• GILBERT (or GYLBERDE), WILLIAM (1544-1603)
• GILBERT, ALFRED (1854– )
• GILBERT, ANN (1821-1904)
• GILBERT, GROVE KARL (1843– )
• GILBERT, J
• GILBERT, JOHN (1810-1889)
• GILBERT, MARIE DOLORES ELIZA ROSANNA [" LOLA MONTEZ "] (1818-1861)
• GILBERT, NICOLAS JOSEPH LAURENT (1751–1780)
• GILBERT, SIR HUMPHREY (c. 1539-1583)
• GILBERT, SIR JOSEPH HENRY (1817-1901)
• GILBERT, SIR WILLIAM SCHWENK (1836– )

Gilbert; both the Gilbert and See also:

• RALEIGH
• RALEIGH, SIR WALTER (c. 1552-1618)

Raleigh families were Devonians of his own neighbourhood, and through See also:

• LIFE

life he seems to have profited by their friendship . In See also:

• JANUARY

January 1583 he appears to have broached his See also:

• DESIGN (Fr. desiin, drawing; Lat. designare, to mark out)

design of a See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north-See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

west passage to See also:

• WALSINGHAM, SIR FRANCIS (c. 1530-1590)
• WALSINGHAM, THOMAS (d. c. 1422)

Walsingham and See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John See also:

• DEE
• DEE (Welsh, Dyfrdwy;, Lat.., and in Milton, Deva)

Dee; various consultations followed; and in 1585 he started on his first north-western expedition . On this he began by striking the See also:

• ICE (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Eis)

ice-See also:

• BOUND, or BOUNDARY (from O. Fr. bonde, Med. Lat. bodena or butina, a frontier line)

bound See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

east See also:

• SHORE

shore of See also:

• GREENLAND (Danish, &c., Gronland)

Greenland, which he followed See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south to Cape Farewell; thence he turned north once more and coasted the west Greenland littoral some way, till, finding the See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

sea See also:

• FREE

free from ice, he shaped a " course for See also:

• CHINA

China " by the north-west . In 66° N., however, he See also:

• FELL
• FELL, JOHN (1625-1686)

fell in with See also:

• BAFFIN, WILLIAM (1584–1622)

Baffin See also:

• LAND

Land, and though he pushed some way up See also:

• CUMBERLAND
• CUMBERLAND, DUKES AND EARLS OF
• CUMBERLAND, RICHARD (1632-1718)
• CUMBERLAND, RICHARD (1732-1811)
• CUMBERLAND, WILLIAM AUGUSTUS

Cumberland See also:

• SOUND
• SOUND, THE (Danish Oresund)

Sound, and professed to recognize in this the " hoped strait," he now turned back (end of See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August) . He tried again in x586 and 1587; in the last voyage he pushed through the straits still named after him into Baffin's See also:

• BAY

Bay, See also:

• COASTING

coasting west Greenland to 73° N., almost to Upernavik, and thence making a last effort to find a passage westward along the north of See also:

• AMERICA

America . Many points in See also:

• ARCTIC (Gr. "ApKroc, the Bear, the northern constellation of Ursa Major)

Arctic latitudes (Cumberland Sound, Cape Walsingham, See also:

• EXETER
• EXETER, EARL, MARQUESS AND DUKE OF

Exeter Sound, &c.) retain names given them by See also:

• DAVIS (or DAVYS), JOHN (1550 ?-16o5)
• DAVIS, ANDREW JACKSON (1826—1910)
• DAVIS, CHARLES HOWARD (1857- )
• DAVIS, CUSHMAN KELLOGG (1838-1900)
• DAVIS, HENRY WILLIAM BANKS (1833- )
• DAVIS, HENRY WINTER (1817-1865)
• DAVIS, JEFFERSON (1808–1889)
• DAVIS, THOMAS OSBORNE (1814–1845)

Davis, who ranks with Baffin and See also:

• HUDSON
• HUDSON, GEORGE (180o-1871)
• HUDSON, HENRY
• HUDSON, JOHN (1662–1719)

Hudson as the greatest of early Arctic explorers and, like See also:

• FROBISHER, SIR MARTIN (c. 1535—1594)

Frobisher, narrowly missed the See also:

• DISCOVERY

discovery of Hudson's Bay via Hudson's Straits (the " Furious Overfall " of Davis) . In 1588 he seems to have commanded the " See also:

• BLACK
• BLACK, ADAM (1784-1874)
• BLACK, JEREMIAH SULLIVAN (1810–1883)
• BLACK, WILLIAM (1841-1898)

Black See also:

• DOG

Dog " against the See also:

• SPANISH

Spanish See also:

• ARMADA, THE

Armada; in 1589 he joined the See also:

• EARL

earl of Cumberland off the See also:

• AZORES (Acores), or WESTERN ISLANDS

Azores; and in 1591 he accompanied See also:

• THOMAS
• THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
• THOMAS (d. 110o)
• THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
• THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
• THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
• THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
• THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
• THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
• THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
• THOMAS, ST
• THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
• THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)

Thomas See also:

• CAVENDISH
• CAVENDISH, GEORGE (1500-1562?)
• CAVENDISH, HENRY (1731-1810)
• CAVENDISH, SIR WILLIAM (c. 1505-1557)

Cavendish on his last voyage, with the See also:

• SPECIAL

special purpose, as he tells us, of searching " that north-west discovery upon the back parts of America." After the See also:

• REST (O. Eng. rest, reste, bed, cognate with other Teutonic forms, e.g. Ger. Rast, Riiste, rest, and probably Gothic Rasta, league, i.e. resting or stopping place)

rest of Cavendish's expedition returned unsuccessful, he continued to See also:

• ATTEMPT (Lat. adtemptare, attentare, to try)

attempt on his own See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account the passage of the Strait of See also:

• MAGELLAN, FERDINAND (in Sp. FERNANDO MAGALLANES, in Port. FERNAO DE MAGALHAES) (c. 1480-152I)

Magellan; though defeated here by foul See also:

• WEATHER (O. Eng. weder; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Du. weder, Dan. veir, Icel. ve8r, and Ger. Wetter and Gewitter, storm; the root is wa- to blow, from which is derived " wind ")

weather, he discovered the See also:

• FALKLAND
• FALKLAND, LUCIUS CARY

Falkland Islands . The passage See also:

• HOME
• HOME, DANIEL DUNGLAS (1833-1886)
• HOME, EARLS OF

home was extremely disastrous, and he brought back only fourteen of his seventy-six men . After his return in 1593 he published a valuable See also:

• TREATISE

treatise on See also:

• PRACTICAL

practical See also:

• NAVIGATION (from Lat. navis, ship, and agere, to move)

navigation in The See also:

• SEAMAN, OWEN (1861– )

Seaman's Secrets (1594), and a more theoretical See also:

• WORK

work in The See also:

• WORLD

World's Hydrographical Description (1595) . His invention of back-See also:

• STAFF (O. Eng. staef, cf. Du. staf, Ger. Stab, &c.; Icel. stafr meant also a written letter, and O. Eng. stafas, the letters of the alphabet; " stave," one of the thin pieces of wood of which a cask is made, is a doublet)

staff and See also:

• DOUBLE
• DOUBLE (from the Mid. Eng. duble, the form which gives the present pronunciation, through the Old Er. duble, from Lat. duplus, twice as much)

double quadrant (called a " Davis Quadrant " after him) held the See also:

• FIELD (a word common to many West German languages, cf. Ger. Feld, Dutch veld, possibly cognate with O.E. f olde, the earth, and ultimately with root of the Gr. irAaror, broad)
• FIELD, CYRUS WEST (1819-1892)
• FIELD, DAVID DUDLEY (18o5-1894)
• FIELD, EUGENE (1850-1895)
• FIELD, FREDERICK (18o1—1885)
• FIELD, HENRY MARTYN (1822-1907)
• FIELD, JOHN (1782—1837)
• FIELD, MARSHALL (183 1906)
• FIELD, NATHAN (1587—1633)
• FIELD, STEPHEN JOHNSON (1816-1899)
• FIELD, WILLIAM VENTRIS FIELD, BARON (1813-1907)

field among English See also:

• SEAMEN, LAWS RELATING TO

seamen till See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long after See also:

• HADLEY
• HADLEY, ARTHUR TWINING (1856– )
• HADLEY, JAMES (1821–1872)

Hadley's reflecting quadrant had been introduced . In 1596–1597 Davis seems to have sailed with Raleigh (as See also:

• MASTER (Lat. magister, related to tnagis, more, as the corresponding minister is to minus, less; the English form is due partly to the O. Eng. maegister, and partly to O. Fr. maistre, mod. maitre; cf. Du. meester, Ger. Meister, Ital. maestro)

master of See also:

• SIR

Sir See also:

• WALTER, HUBERT (d. 1205)
• WALTER, JOHN (1738/9-1812)

Walter's own See also:

• SHIP

ship) to See also:

• CADIZ
• CADIZ (Cadiz)
• CADIZ (in Lat. Gades, and formerly called Cales by the English)

Cadiz and the Azores; and in 1598–1600 he accompanied a Dutch expedition to the East Indies as See also:

• PILOT

pilot, sailing from See also:

• FLUSHING
• FLUSHING (Dutch Vlissingen)

Flushing, returning to Middleburg, and narrowly escaping destruction from treachery at See also:

• ACHIN (Dutch At1eh)

Achin in See also:

• SUMATRA

Sumatra .

In 1601–1603 he accompanied Sir See also:

• JAMES
• JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
• JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
• JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
• JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
• JAMES, EPISTLE OF
• JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
• JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
• JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
• JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)

James See also:

• LANCASTER
• LANCASTER, HOUSE OF
• LANCASTER, JOHN OF GAUNT
• LANCASTER, JOSEPH (1778-1838)
• LANCASTER, SIR JAMES (f1. 1591—1618)
• LANCASTER, THOMAS, EARL OF (c. 1277-1322)

Lancaster as first pilot on his voyage in the service of the East See also:

• INDIA
• INDIA, FRENCH

India See also:

• COMPANY

Company; and in See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 1604 he sailed again for the same destination A pilot to Sir See also:

• EDWARD

Edward Michelborne (or Michelbourn) . On this See also:

• JOURNEY (through O. Fr. jornee or journee, mod. Fr. journee, from med. Lat. diurnata, Lat. diurnus, of or belonging to dies, day)

journey he was killed by See also:

• JAPANESE

Japanese pirates off Bintang near Sumatra . A See also:

• TRAVERSE

Traverse See also:

• BOOK

Book made by John Davis in 1587, an Account of his Second Voyage in 1586, and a See also:

• REPORT (O.Fr. report or raport, modern rapport, from O.Fr. reporter, mod. rap porter, Lat. reportare, to bring back, in poetical use only, of bringing back an account, news, &c.)

Report of Master John Davis of his three voyages made for the Discovery of the North West Passage were printed in See also:

• HAKLUYT, RICHARD (c. 1553—1616)

Hakluyt's collection . Davis himself published The Seaman's Secrets, divided into two Parts (See also:

• LONDON

London, 1594), The World's Hydrographical Description . . whereby appears that there is a See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short and speedy Passage into the South Seas, to China, Molucca, Philippina, and India, by Northerly Navigation (London, 1595) . Various references to Davis are in the Calendars of See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

State Papers, Domestic (1591—1594), and East Indies (1513—1616) . See also Voyages and See also:

• WORKS

Works of John Davis, edited by A . H . See also:

• MARKHAM, GERVASE (or JERVIS) (1568?-1637)
• MARKHAM, MRS
• MARKHAM, SIR CLEMENTS ROBERT (183o- )
• MARKHAM, WILLIAM (1719-1807)

Markham (London, Hakluyt Society, 188o), and the See also:

• ARTICLE (from Lat. articulus, a joint)

article " John Davys " by Sir J . K . Laughton in the See also:

• DICTIONARY

Dictionary of See also:

• NATIONAL

National See also:

• BIOGRAPHY (from the Gr. (3ios, life, and yp&4 , writing)

Biography . (C .

R .