COLLECTION O F VOYAGES, DISCOVERIES and TRAVELS: CONTAINING Whatever is worthy of Notice, in The Situation and Extent of Empires, Kingdoms, and WITH The Manners and Cuftoms of the feveral Inhabitants; their Government, Religion, Arts, Sciences, Manufactures, and Commerce. The whole confifting of fuch ENGLISH and FOREIGN Authors as are in moft Efteem; including the Defcriptions and Remarks of fome late celebrated Travellers, not to be found in any other Collection. Illuftrated with a Variety of accurate MAPS, PLANS, and elegant ENGRAVINGS. VOL. III, LONDON: Printed for J. KNOX, near Southampton-Street, in the Strand. MDCCLXVII. The Voyage of captain Woodes Rogers in the Duke, and Captain Stephen Courtney in the Duchess, round the World: including the account of their finding Alexander Selkirk on the Island of Juan The Voyage round the World by George Anfon, Efq; afterward Lord Anfon; commander in chief of a fquadron of his majesty's fhips: comprehending a brief detail of the difaftrous fate of the Spanish A COLLECTION OF VOYAGES AND TRAVELS. The VOYAGE of Sir FRANCIS DRAKE T round the Globe. HE learned Camden informs us, that fir Francis Drake was the fon of a clergyman, who, in the time of queen Elizabeth, became vicar of Upnore, on the river Medway. But the induftrious John Stowe fays, that he was the eldeft of twelve brethren, all children of Edmund Drake, of Tavistock, in the county of Devon, mariner; and that he was born in the year 1540. The only way to reconcile these accounts, is to fuppofe that Edmund Drake, being a zealous Proteftant, fuffering much for his religion in the days of Henry VIII. and, having likewife a competent fhare of learning, was ordained deacon in the days of queen Elizabeth, and fettled at Upnore. As for our hero, he received the Chriftian name of Francis from his godfather Francis earl of Bedford: but it does not appear, that he obtained any great benefit from that nobleman's patronage in his youth; for as foon as he was able, he was fent to fea, apprentice to the mafter of a small bark trading to France and Zealand; who, having a great affection for the lad, and being himself a bachelor, when he came to die, left VOL. III, B him |