Item is a document written in Latin script on vellum, which appears to be a 17th century facsimile of an earlier document. The document begins with "Carolus," otherwise known as Charlemagne or Charles the Great.
Letters to de Vaux regarding projected colony in Canada and one letter from Lord Camden to Lord Melville relating to de Vaux. Copy of an article on de Vaux.
Letter to an unnkown recipient, regarding information on a 1596 voyage of exploration to the Frozen [Arctic] Ocean in search of the Northwest Passage. Also contains research notes on other voyages to the Indian Ocean, etc. in the 16th century.