The Gateway to the Polynia: A Voyage to SpitzbergenH.S. King, 1873 - 355 páginas |
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... Greenland , which he followed in a southerly direction , and doubled Cape Farewell . The west coast was then explored for about day's journey beyond , or as far as Hvarf , which is probably the modern Cape Egede . Iceland , and induced ...
... Greenland , which he followed in a southerly direction , and doubled Cape Farewell . The west coast was then explored for about day's journey beyond , or as far as Hvarf , which is probably the modern Cape Egede . Iceland , and induced ...
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... Greenland and portions of the American continent . John Cabot , a native of Venice , but established as a merchant at Bristol , may also have heard of the western lands from the same source , since it is well known the Bristol merchant ...
... Greenland and portions of the American continent . John Cabot , a native of Venice , but established as a merchant at Bristol , may also have heard of the western lands from the same source , since it is well known the Bristol merchant ...
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... Greenland , West England . On July 28 he saw Queen Elizabeth's Foreland , and went fifty leagues up Frobisher's Bay , which he considered to be a strait , and which he flattered himself would lead him to Cathay . He took home a piece of ...
... Greenland , West England . On July 28 he saw Queen Elizabeth's Foreland , and went fifty leagues up Frobisher's Bay , which he considered to be a strait , and which he flattered himself would lead him to Cathay . He took home a piece of ...
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... Greenland , and visited Gilbert's Sound in 64 ° 30 ′ N. From this he proceeded , on August 6 , for five days , towards the north - west , and sighted land again in 66 ° 40 ′ , at an anchorage free from ice . He named various prominent ...
... Greenland , and visited Gilbert's Sound in 64 ° 30 ′ N. From this he proceeded , on August 6 , for five days , towards the north - west , and sighted land again in 66 ° 40 ′ , at an anchorage free from ice . He named various prominent ...
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... Greenland . His report of the great abundance of whale in Davis ' Strait led to the whale fishery there . Meuck's voyage to Hudson's Bay in 1619 calls for no remark ; and that of Captain Luke Fox , in 1631 , was chiefly a re - survey of ...
... Greenland . His report of the great abundance of whale in Davis ' Strait led to the whale fishery there . Meuck's voyage to Hudson's Bay in 1619 calls for no remark ; and that of Captain Luke Fox , in 1631 , was chiefly a re - survey of ...
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