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CONTENTS . ix CHAPTER X . PAGE Foreign Sailors - Old Stagers — The Snow
Goose - A Remote Guano Bed — Geological Rambles . . . . . . . 255 CHAPTER XI
. Barentsz ' s Voyage - Nova Zembla , Russians and Hollanders — Linschoten ...
CONTENTS . ix CHAPTER X . PAGE Foreign Sailors - Old Stagers — The Snow
Goose - A Remote Guano Bed — Geological Rambles . . . . . . . 255 CHAPTER XI
. Barentsz ' s Voyage - Nova Zembla , Russians and Hollanders — Linschoten ...
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The British Sailor has taken a leading part in the exploration of the North Polar
Regions since the Venetian merchant of Bristol , John Cabot , led the way under
the patronage of Henry VII . , at the close of the fifteenth century . The names of ...
The British Sailor has taken a leading part in the exploration of the North Polar
Regions since the Venetian merchant of Bristol , John Cabot , led the way under
the patronage of Henry VII . , at the close of the fifteenth century . The names of ...
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... our sailors , more especially Arctic sailors , that hundreds of them volunteer to
go when any project of this kind is afloat . From this point of view , the exploration
of the higher latitudes is a matter for government , and not for private enterprise .
... our sailors , more especially Arctic sailors , that hundreds of them volunteer to
go when any project of this kind is afloat . From this point of view , the exploration
of the higher latitudes is a matter for government , and not for private enterprise .
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... for they could have laid in a sufficient stock of turf and dwarf shrubs for fuel ;
and could have secured plenty of food , since some of the papers that have been
recovered state that while the sailors were searching in all directions for natives
to ...
... for they could have laid in a sufficient stock of turf and dwarf shrubs for fuel ;
and could have secured plenty of food , since some of the papers that have been
recovered state that while the sailors were searching in all directions for natives
to ...
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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 | H.S. King, 1873 |
| Procedencia del original | Universidad de Oxford |
| Digitalizado | 26 Jun. 2006 |
| Largo | 355 páginas |
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