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In 1500 a Portuguese , Gasper Cortoreale , fitted out some ships at his own
expense , and coasted all along Labrador , as far as 60 ° , where he saw a river
or strait blocked with ice , which he named Rio Nevado , but which is doubtless ...
In 1500 a Portuguese , Gasper Cortoreale , fitted out some ships at his own
expense , and coasted all along Labrador , as far as 60 ° , where he saw a river
or strait blocked with ice , which he named Rio Nevado , but which is doubtless ...
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His second voyage was simply occupied in procuring three ship - loads of this
ore , which was found to be worthless . On the third voyage ( in 1578 ) he took out
fifteen ships to be laden with this ore . When off the Queen Elizabeth's Foreland a
...
His second voyage was simply occupied in procuring three ship - loads of this
ore , which was found to be worthless . On the third voyage ( in 1578 ) he took out
fifteen ships to be laden with this ore . When off the Queen Elizabeth's Foreland a
...
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His ships , the Hecla and Griper , passed over the supposed site of the Croker
Mountains , through Barrow's Strait and Parry's Sound , to the south side of
Melville's Island , where he wintered in Winter Harbour . In the following year he ...
His ships , the Hecla and Griper , passed over the supposed site of the Croker
Mountains , through Barrow's Strait and Parry's Sound , to the south side of
Melville's Island , where he wintered in Winter Harbour . In the following year he ...
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The ship was ice - bound during the next two winters , being relieved by Captain
Kellett , of the Resolute . The ship was abandoned , but Captain M'Clure and his
crew were transferred to the North Star , which took them to England through ...
The ship was ice - bound during the next two winters , being relieved by Captain
Kellett , of the Resolute . The ship was abandoned , but Captain M'Clure and his
crew were transferred to the North Star , which took them to England through ...
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In 1853 Dr. Kane went in the Advance up Smith's Sound , and succeeded in
getting his ship into Rensselaer Bay , 78 ° 35 ' N. , where he wintered . This is the
highest latitude that any ship had wintered in . Expeditions were made on foot
and ...
In 1853 Dr. Kane went in the Advance up Smith's Sound , and succeeded in
getting his ship into Rensselaer Bay , 78 ° 35 ' N. , where he wintered . This is the
highest latitude that any ship had wintered in . Expeditions were made on foot
and ...
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| Título | The Gateway to the Polynia: A Voyage to Spitzbergen |
| Autor | John Campion Wells |
| Editor | H.S. King, 1873 |
| Procedencia del original | Universidad de California |
| Digitalizado | 1 Abr. 2009 |
| Largo | 355 páginas |
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