Sir John Franklin and the Arctic Regions: With Detailed Notices of the Expeditions in Search of the Missing Vessals Under Sir John FranklinGeo. H. Derby and Company, 1852 - 396 páginas |
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... formed hasty opinion of Captain Sir John Ross , as to his visionary Croker Mountains , of which I shall have occasion to speak hereafter . As early as the year 1527 , the idea of a passage to the East Indies by the North Pole was ...
... formed hasty opinion of Captain Sir John Ross , as to his visionary Croker Mountains , of which I shall have occasion to speak hereafter . As early as the year 1527 , the idea of a passage to the East Indies by the North Pole was ...
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... formed the primary object of investigation . My space and purpose in this work will not permit me to go into detail by examining what Barrow justly terms those brilliant periods of early English enter- prise , so conspicuously displayed ...
... formed the primary object of investigation . My space and purpose in this work will not permit me to go into detail by examining what Barrow justly terms those brilliant periods of early English enter- prise , so conspicuously displayed ...
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... forming , when bound up , twelve separate volumes . All those relating to the Arctic Expeditions , & c . , which created the great- est interest at the period they were published , were from his pen , and consist chiefly of the ...
... forming , when bound up , twelve separate volumes . All those relating to the Arctic Expeditions , & c . , which created the great- est interest at the period they were published , were from his pen , and consist chiefly of the ...
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... forming an impassable barrier , the precipices next the sea being from 1000 to 2000 feet high . On the 29th of June , the Esquimaux , John Sacheuse , who had accompanied the expedition from England as interpreter , was sent on shore to ...
... forming an impassable barrier , the precipices next the sea being from 1000 to 2000 feet high . On the 29th of June , the Esquimaux , John Sacheuse , who had accompanied the expedition from England as interpreter , was sent on shore to ...
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... formed a clear passage for the ships . " A singular physical feature was noticed on the part of the coast near Cape Dudley Digges : - " We have discovered , ( says Ross , ) that the snow on the face of the cliffs presents an appearance ...
... formed a clear passage for the ships . " A singular physical feature was noticed on the part of the coast near Cape Dudley Digges : - " We have discovered , ( says Ross , ) that the snow on the face of the cliffs presents an appearance ...
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Admiralty Arctic arrived attempt August Back Baffin's Bay Barrow's Strait Beechey Behring's Strait boats Boothia Cape Walker Capt Captain Parry Captain Sir coast Commander Coppermine Coppermine River course crew deer direction discovery dispatched drift eastward endeavor England Enterprise Erebus and Terror Esquimaux examine expedition exploring feet floes frozen Fury gale harbor Hecla hope Hudson's Bay Hudson's Bay Company Indians journey July June Lady Franklin Lake Lancaster Sound land latitude Lieut Lieutenant Mackenzie River Melville Island miles named navigation North Somerset northern northward northwest passage officers pack Parry's party passage passed Plover Polar Sea proceeded provisions quarters reached Regent Inlet Repulse Bay Rescue Richardson Ross's sailed seamen season sent ships shore Sir James Ross Sir John Franklin Sir John Ross sledges snow southward Spitzbergen tion vessels Victoria Land voyage Wellington Channel westward whalers wind winter