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242:. The expedition was delayed while one of the ships had to be replaced and then by stormy weather. By the time they had reached Greenland, they were unable to land due to the large amount of ice near the shore and returned. He most probably was the author of the oldest German manual of navigation, published in Lübeck in 1578. 190:
in plans to establish trade with the Barbary coast. He had organised the first voyage to the Barbary coast, however he fell seriously ill with the "great sweat" and was forced to turn his command over to another captain. This voyage was apparently unsuccessful as there are no records of its return
131:(1516–1576?) was a 16th-century English navigator, explorer and privateer. He participated in raids against the Spanish with fellow privateers James Logan and William Cooke during the 1540s and is credited, along with 226:; his name does not appear on the list of surviving mariners who were paid after their return and it is presumed that he died on the expedition. However, he is recorded as commanding an unsuccessful expedition to 150:
and, although intending to command the expedition himself, Alday was forced to turn his command to another due to illness. This voyage was not successful however and a rival expedition commanded by
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became the first to arrive there in 1551. His claim has generally been dismissed partly due to his involvement in piracy as well as lack of evidence.
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Historical Account of the Most Celebrated Voyages, Travels, and Discoveries from the Time of Columbus to the Present Period
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A General Collection of Voyages and Travels from the Discovery of America to the Commencement of the Nineteenth Century
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would command a voyage that same year successfully reaching the Barbary coast in 1551. In a letter to his friend
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in 1579. His appointment was possibly due to his time with Frobisher and, with two ships, he sailed for
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Trade, plunder and settlement: Maritime enterprise and the genesis of British Empire, 1480–1630
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with orders to reclaim the lost colony for the Norwegian crown and convert the inhabitants to
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He himself claimed to have organised the earliest known voyage to the Barbary coast
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Forerunners of Drake: A Study of English Trade with Spain in the Early Tudor Period
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Pirates!: Brigands, Buccaneers, and Privateers in Fact, Fiction, and Legend
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Historical Account of Discoveries and Travels in Africa
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16th century English navigator, explorer and privateer
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taken the ships from Portsmouth with him commenting
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during the 1540s. An apprentice and close friend of
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Index

Dartmouth, Devon
Piratical career
Privateer
Galicia
Sebastian Cabot
Henry Ostrich
Barbary coast
Thomas Windham
Dartmouth
Galicia
Sebastian Cabot
Henry Ostrich
Thomas Windham
Michael Lok
Morocco
Martin Frobisher
Northwest Passage
Greenland
Frederik II
Greenland
Lutheranism
Leyden, John


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0-300-08380-7
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0-521-27698-5
Mavor, William
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