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... cost little , if anything more , to give a large proportion of the men work to do ,
which would develop their intellectual and moral faculties , and thereby render
them not only more useful in peace , but also more INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER .
... cost little , if anything more , to give a large proportion of the men work to do ,
which would develop their intellectual and moral faculties , and thereby render
them not only more useful in peace , but also more INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER .
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You are not going to educate us , work us up to the point of nautical perfection ,
awaken hopes and ambition , and then give us oakum to pick ; or run us over the
mast - head after top - gallant yards , to keep down the spirit which intellectual ...
You are not going to educate us , work us up to the point of nautical perfection ,
awaken hopes and ambition , and then give us oakum to pick ; or run us over the
mast - head after top - gallant yards , to keep down the spirit which intellectual ...
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... glorious one than either of the two preceding phases ; and since the English
Navy has taken a leading share in these , it is to be hoped it will take a foremost
one in the present phase . In this introductory chapter the object will be to give ,
first ...
... glorious one than either of the two preceding phases ; and since the English
Navy has taken a leading share in these , it is to be hoped it will take a foremost
one in the present phase . In this introductory chapter the object will be to give ,
first ...
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... Bliven saw land north - west of Herald Island , extending as far north as 72° N .
The coast has been distinctly traced for one hundred miles or more , and portions
sighted , which would give it a length of more than five hundred miles .
... Bliven saw land north - west of Herald Island , extending as far north as 72° N .
The coast has been distinctly traced for one hundred miles or more , and portions
sighted , which would give it a length of more than five hundred miles .
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CHAPTER I . “ Fond men ! if we believe that men do live Under the zenith of both
frozen poles , Though none come thence advertisement to give , Why bear we
not the like faith of our souls ? ” Sir John Davis ' s “ Nosce te ipsum , ” 1596 .
CHAPTER I . “ Fond men ! if we believe that men do live Under the zenith of both
frozen poles , Though none come thence advertisement to give , Why bear we
not the like faith of our souls ? ” Sir John Davis ' s “ Nosce te ipsum , ” 1596 .
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animals appearance Arctic attempt bear boat called Captain carried cause CHAPTER clear close coast coming continued course crew Crown danger deer difficulty direction distance drift east effect escape evidently explored fact fall feet floating force formed four gained give Greenland hands head hope interest Island journey kind land latitude leave less look masses means miles mountain nature northern noticed object observed once ourselves party passed Polar Pole present probably proved pursuit reached regions remains rest rise rocks round sailed sailors schooner seal season seems seen ship shore short shot side sight soon Sound Spitzbergen sport Strait success surface temperature travelling turned vessel voyage warm weather whale whole wind winter
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Información bibliográfica
| Título | The Gateway to the Polynia: A Voyage to Spitzbergen |
| Autor | John Campion Wells |
| Editor | Henry S. King, 1873 |
| Procedencia del original | Universidad de Oxford |
| Digitalizado | 26 Jun. 2006 |
| Largo | 355 páginas |
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