The Gateway to the Polynia: A Voyage to SpitzbergenH.S. King, 1873 - 355 páginas |
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... the North - Spitzbergen Route - Navigation comparatively Easy - Smith Sound Advo- cates - The Lydiana - New Land Reconnoitred - Iceberg System . 301 APPENDIX 351 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS . PAGE . RED BEACH , SPITZBERGEN.
... the North - Spitzbergen Route - Navigation comparatively Easy - Smith Sound Advo- cates - The Lydiana - New Land Reconnoitred - Iceberg System . 301 APPENDIX 351 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS . PAGE . RED BEACH , SPITZBERGEN.
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... land he sighted was Cape Farewell , or , as he called it , Hoid- saerk ( white shirt ) , from its being clad in white snow . The land was called Gembiorn's Land . In or about 982 Erek the Red was banished from Iceland , upon which he ...
... land he sighted was Cape Farewell , or , as he called it , Hoid- saerk ( white shirt ) , from its being clad in white snow . The land was called Gembiorn's Land . In or about 982 Erek the Red was banished from Iceland , upon which he ...
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... lands from the same source , since it is well known the Bristol merchant traded both with Norway and with Iceland . In 1497 John Cabot and his son Sebastian discovered Newfoundland . In 1498 Sebastian com- manded a small fleet destined ...
... lands from the same source , since it is well known the Bristol merchant traded both with Norway and with Iceland . In 1497 John Cabot and his son Sebastian discovered Newfoundland . In 1498 Sebastian com- manded a small fleet destined ...
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... . When off the Nor- wegian coast the ships got separated by a storm , Willoughby proceeded as far as Willoughby's Land , which is probably a portion of Nova Zembla , and wintered on the Russian coast near the Dwina ; but.
... . When off the Nor- wegian coast the ships got separated by a storm , Willoughby proceeded as far as Willoughby's Land , which is probably a portion of Nova Zembla , and wintered on the Russian coast near the Dwina ; but.
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... land again in 66 ° 40 ′ , at an anchorage free from ice . He named various prominent features here , such as Mount Raleigh and Cape Wal- singham . This was the highest latitude then reached on the American side of Davis ' Strait . He ...
... land again in 66 ° 40 ′ , at an anchorage free from ice . He named various prominent features here , such as Mount Raleigh and Cape Wal- singham . This was the highest latitude then reached on the American side of Davis ' Strait . He ...
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