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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... land like the garden of Eden lay beyond the domain of frost , how could it be made practically accessible , or used for the benefit of mankind ? Would it not forever remain like that hidden city in the desert , which , according to the ...
... land like the garden of Eden lay beyond the domain of frost , how could it be made practically accessible , or used for the benefit of mankind ? Would it not forever remain like that hidden city in the desert , which , according to the ...
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... land , and to his vol- ume I must refer those who wish to obtain more exten- sive details and particulars of the voyages of preceding centuries . He has also graphically set forth , to use his own words , " their several characters and ...
... land , and to his vol- ume I must refer those who wish to obtain more exten- sive details and particulars of the voyages of preceding centuries . He has also graphically set forth , to use his own words , " their several characters and ...
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... land and ocean on this our globe has , in all ages and by all countries , been considered one of the most im- portant desiderata , and one of the chief features of popular information . But to no country is this knowledge of such prac ...
... land and ocean on this our globe has , in all ages and by all countries , been considered one of the most im- portant desiderata , and one of the chief features of popular information . But to no country is this knowledge of such prac ...
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... land was partially seen extending across ; the yellow sky was perceptible . At a little before four o'clock A. M. , the land was seen at the bottom of the inlet by the officers of the watch , but before I got on deck a space of about ...
... land was partially seen extending across ; the yellow sky was perceptible . At a little before four o'clock A. M. , the land was seen at the bottom of the inlet by the officers of the watch , but before I got on deck a space of about ...
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... land , which he named North Galloway , and North Ayr to Cape Adair , and Scott's Bay . On September the 10th , they landed on an island near Cape Eglington , which was named Agnes ' Monu- ment . A flag - staff and a bottle , with an ...
... land , which he named North Galloway , and North Ayr to Cape Adair , and Scott's Bay . On September the 10th , they landed on an island near Cape Eglington , which was named Agnes ' Monu- ment . A flag - staff and a bottle , with an ...
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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