Expeditions of the Russia Company from 1612—their Utility in the Advancement of Science.

In 1612 the Russia Company sent two vessels to Spitzbergen, the “Seahorse,” under the command of Thomas Edge, and the “Whale,” under John Russell. On board of one of these was Gordon, who, as we have just seen, had, with Finch, accompanied Logan to the Petschora, and likewise visited the town of Pustosersk. They fell in with a Dutch and a Spanish ship, both commanded by Englishmen who had been in the company’s service. One of them, Allen Sallowes, had made many voyages between the Thames and the Dwina, and the other, Nicholas Woodcock, had served under Jonas Poole. Both these foreign ships were ordered off by Edge.