Fonte, Bartholomew de

Fonte, Bartholomew de
   His fictitious voyage of 1640 to the North-West Coast was described in a letter published in the Monthly Miscellany, London, 1708.
   Index: D His reputed strait, 19; his voyage again credited, 23.
   Bib.: Bancroft, History of the North-West Coast.

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