Places

What were popular theories for the Northwest Passage?

Link to this answer

CloseClose

Link to this answer

Share this credible answer with others. Simply paste this code into your blog or Web page:

<a href="http://qanda.encyclopedia.com/question/were-popular-theories-northwest-passage-516084.html" >What were popular theories for the Northwest Passage?</a>
E-mail this answer Link to this answer

During the same period, the idea of reaching China and India by sailing over the North Pole or by sailing through a passage north of Europe and Asia—the Northeast Passage —also became popular.

Answer verified with
Get more facts and information about Northwest Passage . Or, view the full encyclopedia entry from The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition.

Similar questions: Was sailing over the North Pole an alternative plan to the Northwest Passage? What were the alternative plans to the Northwest Passage? [ Hide these questions ]

Related research questions

Related research articles

Striving to establish colonies in eastern North America in the seventeenth...
Magazine article from: The Beaver: Exploring Canada's History ...England, for a passage to the Orient...Montreal--a passage that was said...Hayes's ideas were rooted in French...expedition of Hayes's theories, the results...English, who were his direct competitors...et Viaggi (a popular travel compendium...these Colonies the Northwest ...
The Pinta, Santa Maria, and a Chinese junk? A new book claims the Chinese...
Newspaper article from: The Christian Science Monitor ...least, is the theory posed by former...ve created in popular culture both...captured the popular imagination...assertions than most theories. In his version...of the voyages were later destroyed...evidence of his theory, Menzies casts...trying to find the Northwest ...
Famous warship, sailing alone, trade.(BOOKS)(MARITIME BRIEFS)
Newspaper article from: The Washington Times ...believed there were two ships by...when ships were rotting almost...claims, who were fond of loot...find the fabled Northwest Passage to the Orient...believer in the theory of a mysterious...which proved popular and infuriated...
Charting an Empire: Geography at the English Universities, 1580-1620.
Magazine article from: Canadian Journal of History ...charts and maps were required for...undertaken, and these were devised increasingly...narratives such as the popular compilations...Purchas, which were seminal in giving...developing the theory associated with...search of the Northwest Passage. A number of...
Accidental explorer: he was an English seafarer, sailing under a Dutch flag,...
Magazine article from: Cobblestone ...to discover a passage by the North...Netherlands were seeking a shorter...North Pole. A popular scientific theory of the time...He headed northwest instead. It...decided the waters were too shallow...people. Some were friendly and...
See all results at HighBeam

HighBeam gives you access to newspaper, magazine, and trade journal articles plus press releases, facts, information, and biographies from thousands of sources.