The principal nauigations, voyages, traffiques and discoueries of the English nation. [vols. 1-3] made by sea or ouer-land, to the remote and farthest distant quarters of the earth, at any time within the compasse of these 1600. yeres: deuided into three seuerall volumes, according to the positions of the regions, whereunto they were directed. The first volume containeth the worthy discoueries, &c. of the English ... The second volume comprehendeth the principall nauigations ... to the south and south-east parts of the world ... By Richard Hakluyt preacher, and sometime student of Christ-Church in Oxford.

These requests were thus answered, which may serue as directi∣ons for all such as shall intend the same voyage, or the like for the Whale.

A proportion for the setting forth of a ship of 200. tunne, for the killing of the Whale.

• THere must be 55 men who departing for Wardhouse in the moneth of April, must bee furnished with 4 kintals and a halfe of bread for euery man.
• 250 hogsheds to put the bread in.
• 150 hogsheds of Cidar.
• 6 kintals of oile.
• 8 kintals of bacon.
• 6 hogsheds of beefe.
• 10 quarters of salt.
• 150 pound of candles.
• 8 quarters of beanes and pease.
• Saltfish & herring, a quantitie conuenient.
• 4 tunnes of wines.
• Half a quarter of mustard seed, and a querne.
• A grindstone.
• 800 empty shaken hogsheds.
• 350 bundles of hoopes, and 6 quintalines.
• 800 paire of heds for the hogsheds.
• 10 Estachas called roxes for harping irons.
• 10 pieces of Arporieras.
• 3 pieces of Baibens for the Iauelines small.
• 2 tackles to turne the Whales.
• A halser of 27 fadom long to turne y^e whales
• 15 great Iauelines.
• 18 small Iauelins.
• 50 harping irons.
• 6 machicos to cut the Whale withall.
• 2 doozen of machetos to minch the Whale.
• 2 great hookes to turne the Whale.
• 3 paire of Can hookes.
• 6 hookes for staues.
• 3 dozen of staues for the harping irons.
• 6 pullies to turne the Whale with.
• 10 great baskets.
• 10 lampes of iron to carie light.
• 5 kettles of 150 li. the piece, and 6 ladles.
• 1000 of nailes for the pinnases.
• 500 of nailes of Carabelie for the houses, and the wharfe.
• 18 axes and hatchets to cleaue wood.
• 12 pieces of lines, and 6 dozen of hookes.
• 2 beetles of Rosemarie.
• 4 dozen of oares for the pinnases.
• 6 lanternes.
• 500 of Tesia.
• Item, gunpouder & matches for harquebu∣shes as shalbe needfull.
• Item, there must be caried from hence 5 pin∣nases, fiue men to strike with harping irons, two cutters of Whale, 5 coopers, & a purser or two.

A note of certaine other necessarie things belonging to the Whale fishing, receiued of master W. Burrough.

• A sufficient number of pullies for tackle for the Whale.
• A dozen of great baskets.
• 4 furnaces to melt the Whale in.
• 6 ladles of copper.
• A thousand of nailes to mend the pinnases.
• 500 great nails of spikes to make their house
• 3 paire of bootes great and strong, for them that shall cut the Whale.
• 8 calue skins to make aprons or barbecans.