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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... officer , endeavored to force a passage round Spitzbergen , ( which , although he attempted with a resolution and ... officers , whose researches in the cause of scientific discovery entitle them to very 1 high respect , have declared ...
... officer , endeavored to force a passage round Spitzbergen , ( which , although he attempted with a resolution and ... officers , whose researches in the cause of scientific discovery entitle them to very 1 high respect , have declared ...
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... officers engaged in them ; and it is to these I confine my observations . The progress of discovery in the Arctic regions has been slow but progressive , and much still within the limits of practical navigation remains yet unexplored ...
... officers engaged in them ; and it is to these I confine my observations . The progress of discovery in the Arctic regions has been slow but progressive , and much still within the limits of practical navigation remains yet unexplored ...
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... adventurous notions . But the officers and men engaged in the searching expedi- tions after Sir John Franklin have calmly weighed all these difficulties , and boldly gone forth to encounter the 36 PROGRESS OF ARCTIC DISCOVERY .
... adventurous notions . But the officers and men engaged in the searching expedi- tions after Sir John Franklin have calmly weighed all these difficulties , and boldly gone forth to encounter the 36 PROGRESS OF ARCTIC DISCOVERY .
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... officers , however brave and intelligent they may be , are not equally qualified ; it requires a peculiar tact , an inquisitive and persevering pursuit after details of fact , not always interesting , a contempt of danger , and an ...
... officers , however brave and intelligent they may be , are not equally qualified ; it requires a peculiar tact , an inquisitive and persevering pursuit after details of fact , not always interesting , a contempt of danger , and an ...
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... officers , & c . , of the ships under Captain Ross : - Isabella . Captain John Ross . - Lieutenant - W . Robertson . Purser - W . Thom . Surgeon - John Edwards . Assistant Surgeon - C . J. Beverley . Admiralty Midshipmen - A . M. Skene ...
... officers , & c . , of the ships under Captain Ross : - Isabella . Captain John Ross . - Lieutenant - W . Robertson . Purser - W . Thom . Surgeon - John Edwards . Assistant Surgeon - C . J. Beverley . Admiralty Midshipmen - A . M. Skene ...
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