Sir John Franklin and the Arctic Regions ...G. H. Derby and Company, 1852 - 396 páginas |
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... entertaining , and valuable . The work , in its present form , must , we feel assured , meet the approval of a discriminating public . INTRODUCTION . THE interest aroused both in this country and PUBLISHERS' NOTICE. ...
... entertaining , and valuable . The work , in its present form , must , we feel assured , meet the approval of a discriminating public . INTRODUCTION . THE interest aroused both in this country and PUBLISHERS' NOTICE. ...
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... present century , we shall find that all within the Arctic circle was a complete blank . Mr. Hearne had , indeed , seen the Arctic Sea in the year 1771 ; and Mr. Mackenzie had traced the river which now bears his name to its junc- tion ...
... present century , we shall find that all within the Arctic circle was a complete blank . Mr. Hearne had , indeed , seen the Arctic Sea in the year 1771 ; and Mr. Mackenzie had traced the river which now bears his name to its junc- tion ...
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... present eminence among the nations of Europe . At length , after the lapse of above a century and a half , this interesting question became an object of Royal patronage , and the expedition which was com- manded by Captain Phipps ...
... present eminence among the nations of Europe . At length , after the lapse of above a century and a half , this interesting question became an object of Royal patronage , and the expedition which was com- manded by Captain Phipps ...
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... present times , including the arduous efforts of Captain Billings and Vancouver , and the more recent one of M. Von Wrangell , the Russians have been untiring in their at- tempts to discover a passage eastward , to the north of Cape ...
... present times , including the arduous efforts of Captain Billings and Vancouver , and the more recent one of M. Von Wrangell , the Russians have been untiring in their at- tempts to discover a passage eastward , to the north of Cape ...
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... present period , our successive Polar voyages have , without exception , given occupation to the energies and gallantry of British seamen , and have extended the realms of magnetic and general science , at an ex- pense of lives and ...
... present period , our successive Polar voyages have , without exception , given occupation to the energies and gallantry of British seamen , and have extended the realms of magnetic and general science , at an ex- pense of lives and ...
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Admiralty 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 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 passed perilous Plover Polar Sea proceeded provisions quarters reached Regent Inlet regions Repulse Bay Rescue Richardson Ross's sailed seamen season sent ships shore Sir James Ross Sir John Barrow Sir John Franklin Sir John Ross sledges snow southward Spitzbergen tion vessels voyage Wellington Channel westward whalers wind winter