De gedenkwaardige reizen vanden beroemden Capiteyn Johan Smith na Virginien; gedaan in den jare 1606. en ...

Willoughby was sent out to discover the Russian region, but he was found frozen to death the following year with all his men in his ship.

1576.Mr. Martin Frobisher was sent out by Queen Elizabeth in the year 1576 to discover the Northwest Passage and Meta Incognita the unknown boundary/land; for which he was knighted and well rewarded.

1583.Sir Humphrey Gilbert, a notable knight, undertook to establish a colony in one of those parts, and for this purpose obtained a patent upon his request, but under such conditions that caused the undertakers to fall into confusion before the enterprise was even begun, so that the undertaking was stopped.

1584.But in the year 1584, the very renowned Queen Elizabeth granted and gave to Sir Walter Raleigh a patent for the discovery of those unknown lands and for colonization, which are still in the actual possession of the Christians. By virtue of this patent, he took as his partners the brave Richard Greenville and Mr. William Sanderson, who were great lovers of such noble enterprises, along with several other noblemen and merchants. In great haste, they equipped two small barks under the command of Captains Philip Amidas and Barlow, and provided them well with all necessities. It was the 27th of April of that same year that they sailed from the River Thames, and passed the Canary Islands on the tenth of May and the West Indies on the tenth of June, which unnecessary and constant southern course (as one knew no better at the time) caused them much illness in that season. But finally, on the 2nd of July, they arrived on the coast of Florida in shallow and sandy water, where they noticed a very sweet scent, though they saw no land yet, which they nevertheless soon noticed