Reseña del libro "The Great Probability of a North West Passage"
The Discovery of a North-west Passage having deserved the particular Attention of that great Minister of State Sir Francis Walsingham, with the Approbation of the greatest Princess of that Age, I presumed to ask the Permission to inscribe the following Sheets, on the same Subject, to your Lordship, wrote with no View of setting any further Expeditions on Foot, or with respect to any particular System, but as a candid and impartial Enquiry, to shew the great Probability there is of a North-west Passage. The Importance of the Subject, treated with the greatest Regard to Truth, are the only Pretensions I have to merit your Patronage. Your Lordship will appear, to the latest Posterity, in the amiable Light of being zealous for the Glory of his Majesty, the Honour of the Nation, for promoting the vi commercial Interests, the Happiness of his Majesty's Subjects in general, and of those in America in particular.
