Jonas Poole served aboard vessels sent by the Muscovy Company on sealing voyages to Bear Island in 1604,1605,1606,1608, and 1609.
| FactSnippet No. 2,059,247 |
10 Facts About Jonas Poole
1.
2.
In 1610 Poole was again sent to Bear Island to hunt walrus, as well as search for a passage towards the North Pole.
| FactSnippet No. 2,059,248 |
3.
Jonas Poole was given command of the 70-ton Amity, with a crew of fourteen men and a boy.
| FactSnippet No. 2,059,249 |
4.
Jonas Poole bypassed Bear Island altogether, sailing straight for Spitsbergen.
| FactSnippet No. 2,059,250 |
5.
Jonas Poole was sent as master of the Elizabeth, and was to pilot both vessels.
| FactSnippet No. 2,059,251 |
6.
Jonas Poole was told that there were thirty men who had landed on the south side of the island in three boats, while two other boats carrying nine men had parted company with them off Horn Sound.
| FactSnippet No. 2,059,252 |
7.
Jonas Poole sailed to the south side of the island, picked up the men, and sailed north to Spitsbergen.
| FactSnippet No. 2,059,253 |
8.
Jonas Poole was in the hold when the accident occurred, and twice while trying to climb through the hatches barrels of beer and "diverse other things" knocked him down.
| FactSnippet No. 2,059,254 |
9.
In 1612 Jonas Poole again sailed to Spitsbergen on a whaling expedition.
| FactSnippet No. 2,059,255 |
10.
Many of the names that Jonas Poole gave to features on the west coast of Spitsbergen, most importantly Hornsund, Bellsund, and Isfjorden, still retain their name.
| FactSnippet No. 2,059,256 |