[62] Amerdluk Fjord, or Itivdlek, in the opinion of Steenstrup.
[63] In 1881 I first drew attention to a manuscript Report to the King of Denmark in the British Museum, with 4 maps (21 leaves, small 4to). It was printed for the first time in the Hakluyt Society’s volumes on Danish Expeditions. Probably when Hall left Denmark he did not send it in, but took it with him and presented it to James I.
[64] This search was undertaken by the kindness of the late Colonel Chester. In the Parish Register of St Margaret’s, Westminster, Richard, son of John Baffin, was baptised on Sept. 30th, 1603, Joseph, Elizabeth, and William Baffin died of the plague in 1609, and Margaret Baffin, a child, was buried on June 8th, 1612. In the Register of the church of St Thomas Apostle, in the City, there is one entry of the name: Susan, daughter of William Baffin, was baptised on 15th Oct. 1609. This church was burnt in the great fire, and was not rebuilt.
[65] John Gatonby may have been a native of Winestead, for he dedicated his narrative (in Churchill’s Voyages) to Sir Christopher Hildyard of that place. Gatonby was a well-known Hull name. I have failed to find any further trace of young Huntriss, the Scarborough lad, though the name still exists in that town.
[66] Incorrectly called Cocken Sound on old maps.
[67] Navigation Instructor and for many years Map Curator to the Royal Geographical Society.
[68] Andrew Barker was an experienced seaman. He was admitted a younger brother of the Hull Trinity House in 1594, and was three times Warden. He presented one of the lights of the stained glass in the East window of the Chapel of the old Trinity House at Hull, a figure of St James the Less. There still hangs in the hall of the House the kayak presented by Barker.
[69] The names given in Greenland by Hall are as follows; those while with the Danish Expedition are marked (D). The persons after whom the places were named are given in brackets.
- Anne Cape (D). (Queen of Denmark), in sight from Cape Sophia.
- Bell’s River. (One of the Venturers), branch of Godthaab Fjord corrupted to Baal.
- Brunei Cape (D). (Dutch Venturer), Burnitt on Admiralty Chart is wrong. Oliver Brunei (see [p. 130]) was for some time in the Danish service.
- Christian’s Fjord (D). (King Christian IV), 66° 25′ N., close to Cape Anne; is called by Gatonby King’s Fjord.
- Cockayne Sound. (Sir W. Cockayne), incorrectly spelt Cocken on maps, 65° 25′ The modern Sukkertoppen.
- Comfort Cape. (Named by Gatonby.)
- Cunningham Mount (D). (Leader of first Danish Voyage), Itivdlek.
- Cunningham Fjord (D). (Leader of first Danish Voyage), Itivdlek Fjord or Amerdluk, 67° 25′ N.
- Gabriel Mount.
- Hope Harbour. Gilbert Sound of Davis. Modern Godthaab, 64° 15′ N.
- Huntcliff Mount. (After Huntcliff Foot near Redcar), in Godthaab Fjord.
- King’s Fjord. (See [Christian’s Fjord].)
- Knight Islands. (Captain John Knight, see pp. [129, 130]).
- Lancaster River. (Sir James Lancaster), a branch of Godthaab Fjord.
- Sophia Cape (D). (Queen of Denmark), Proestefjeld, 1770 ft., just N. of Holsteinborg.
- Rommel’s Fjord (D). (Hendrik Rommel), 66.54 N., now Holsteinborg.
- Thoroughgood Island.
- Wilkinson Isles. (Merchant sent with Hall by the Adventurers.)
[70] See An Historical Enquiry concerning Henry Hudson, by John Meredith Read (Albany, 1856).