Note 295 — Chapter XII · THE NORTH-EAST PASSAGE AND THE WHITE SEA
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The Venetian agent (Venetian Cal. vi, No. 89) says three. The error arose from the name of the Philip and Mary, which the Italian doubtless took to be two vessels. The instructions for the voyage leave no doubt that only two ships were sent. See also Henry Lane’s letter (Hakluyt, iii. 332).