The Digital Ark: Early Modern Collections of Curiosities in England and Scotland, 1580-1700

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Greenvile Collins ( - d. 1694)

English naval officer and hydrographer. "In 1676 he was master of the Speedwell (Captain John Wood) on a voyage to try to discover a north-east passage to China and the East Indies. Wood had been on the Sweepstakes and, like Narborough, held Collins in high regard. The voyage ended with the wreck of the Speedwell off Novaya Zemlya, but the crew were rescued and brought home" (ODNB). Collins kept a journal of this voyage. Dictionary of National Biography entry: https://doi-org.cyber.usask.ca/10.1093/ref:odnb/5938 Other biography: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenvile_Collins Relevant locations: Visited Novaya Zemlya, Arkhangelsk
 Relationships: Greenvile Collins was a associate or acquaintance (general) of George Sibbald (fl. 1617-1630)

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