The Gateway to the Polynia: A Voyage to SpitzbergenH.S. King, 1873 - 355 páginas |
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... strait , which some have thought was Hudson's Strait , but which was in all probability the Strait of Belle Isle at the mouth of the St. Lawrence . In 1500 a Portu- guese , Gasper Cortoreale , fitted out some ships at his own expense ...
... strait , which some have thought was Hudson's Strait , but which was in all probability the Strait of Belle Isle at the mouth of the St. Lawrence . In 1500 a Portu- guese , Gasper Cortoreale , fitted out some ships at his own expense ...
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... strait , and which he flattered himself would lead him to Cathay . He took home a piece of iron pyrites under the ... straits , which he called Frobisher's Mis- taken Straits , but which are commonly known as Hudson's Straits . He ...
... strait , and which he flattered himself would lead him to Cathay . He took home a piece of iron pyrites under the ... straits , which he called Frobisher's Mis- taken Straits , but which are commonly known as Hudson's Straits . He ...
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... Strait . He coasted this land to the south , passed the Cape of God's Mercy , sailed up Northumberland Inlet , and worked his way south into Frobisher's Strait , and then into Hudson's Strait . In his second voyage Davis simply explored ...
... Strait . He coasted this land to the south , passed the Cape of God's Mercy , sailed up Northumberland Inlet , and worked his way south into Frobisher's Strait , and then into Hudson's Strait . In his second voyage Davis simply explored ...
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... Strait into Ungava Bay , and worked his way round the coast of the continent into James's Bay , where he wintered ... Strait , and traced the north - east coast of Southampton Island , from Sea- Horse Point to Cape Comfort . Baffin ...
... Strait into Ungava Bay , and worked his way round the coast of the continent into James's Bay , where he wintered ... Strait , and traced the north - east coast of Southampton Island , from Sea- Horse Point to Cape Comfort . Baffin ...
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... 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 what Button had seen . Fox , however , coasted along the east ...
... 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 what Button had seen . Fox , however , coasted along the east ...
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