The Gateway to the Polynia: A Voyage to SpitzbergenH.S. King, 1873 - 355 páginas |
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... explored for about day's journey beyond , or as far as Hvarf , which is probably the modern Cape Egede . Iceland , and induced many of his colonize the west coast of Greenland . He returned to countrymen to These colonists chiefly ...
... explored for about day's journey beyond , or as far as Hvarf , which is probably the modern Cape Egede . Iceland , and induced many of his colonize the west coast of Greenland . He returned to countrymen to These colonists chiefly ...
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... explored the coast of Labrador . In his third voyage he went as far north , along the west coast of Greenland , as Cape Hope Sanderson , in 72 ° 15 ' , or well into Baffin's Bay ; he seems to have reached the North Water , and hence to ...
... explored the coast of Labrador . In his third voyage he went as far north , along the west coast of Greenland , as Cape Hope Sanderson , in 72 ° 15 ' , or well into Baffin's Bay ; he seems to have reached the North Water , and hence to ...
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... explored ; and the expeditions of Cun- ningham and Hall in 1605 , and of John Knight in 1607 , were also without any result . In 1609 , In 1609 , Henry Hudson , whose earlier voyages will be noticed pre- sently , discovered Hudson's Bay ...
... explored ; and the expeditions of Cun- ningham and Hall in 1605 , and of John Knight in 1607 , were also without any result . In 1609 , In 1609 , Henry Hudson , whose earlier voyages will be noticed pre- sently , discovered Hudson's Bay ...
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... explored portions of Southampton Island and Hudson's Bay , and wintered there without any material injury to the crew . In 1615 , Bylot and Baffin passed Mill Island in Hudson's Strait , and traced the north - east coast of Southampton ...
... explored portions of Southampton Island and Hudson's Bay , and wintered there without any material injury to the crew . In 1615 , Bylot and Baffin passed Mill Island in Hudson's Strait , and traced the north - east coast of Southampton ...
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... explored the coast from Cape Britannia to Point Richardson , thus almost reaching the southern termination of James C. Ross's sledge journey . Back's voyage , in 1836 , failed in accomplishing its object , but the work which it was ...
... explored the coast from Cape Britannia to Point Richardson , thus almost reaching the southern termination of James C. Ross's sledge journey . Back's voyage , in 1836 , failed in accomplishing its object , but the work which it was ...
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