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... OFFICER IN SOUTHERN MEXICO . BY CAPTAIN MAYNE REID . II . Dedicated to Lady Franklin . In small 8vo . with Maps of the Arctic Regions , and Portrait of Sir John Franklin . A NARRATIVE OF ARCTIC DISCOVERY , FROM THE EARLIEST PERIOD TO ...
... OFFICER IN SOUTHERN MEXICO . BY CAPTAIN MAYNE REID . II . Dedicated to Lady Franklin . In small 8vo . with Maps of the Arctic Regions , and Portrait of Sir John Franklin . A NARRATIVE OF ARCTIC DISCOVERY , FROM THE EARLIEST PERIOD TO ...
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... of Discovery- Opinion of Hakluyt and Sir Edward Parry - Concluding Remarks 334 APPENDIX . List of Vessels and Officers engaged in Arctic Research from 1818 to 1850 . 343 EXLANATION OF TECHNICAL TERMS MADE USE OF IN THE COURSE CONTENTS . XV.
... of Discovery- Opinion of Hakluyt and Sir Edward Parry - Concluding Remarks 334 APPENDIX . List of Vessels and Officers engaged in Arctic Research from 1818 to 1850 . 343 EXLANATION OF TECHNICAL TERMS MADE USE OF IN THE COURSE CONTENTS . XV.
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... officers or ministres or subjects whatsoever they be by theym to the seyd John , his Deputie , or Deputies , and all other our seid subjects or any of them passinge with the seyd John in the said Shippes to the seid Londe or Iles to be ...
... officers or ministres or subjects whatsoever they be by theym to the seyd John , his Deputie , or Deputies , and all other our seid subjects or any of them passinge with the seyd John in the said Shippes to the seid Londe or Iles to be ...
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... and he , did , I conceive , light Hudson into his straights . " On Waymouth's return home he was subjected to an examination , to " sattisfy the company of their returne soe suddenly . " Other officers of the GEORGE WAYMOUTH - 1602 . 77.
... and he , did , I conceive , light Hudson into his straights . " On Waymouth's return home he was subjected to an examination , to " sattisfy the company of their returne soe suddenly . " Other officers of the GEORGE WAYMOUTH - 1602 . 77.
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John Joseph Shillinglaw. their returne soe suddenly . " Other officers of the expedition were also examined , and they directly charged " Cartwright , the Preacher , " with being the cause of the mutiny , and " the said Cart- wright ...
John Joseph Shillinglaw. their returne soe suddenly . " Other officers of the expedition were also examined , and they directly charged " Cartwright , the Preacher , " with being the cause of the mutiny , and " the said Cart- wright ...
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A Narrative of Arctic Discovery: From the Earliest Period to the Present ... John Joseph Shillinglaw Sin vista previa disponible - 2008 |
A Narrative of Arctic Discovery: From the Earliest Period to the Present ... John Joseph Shillinglaw Sin vista previa disponible - 2008 |
Términos y frases comunes
Admiralty American appeared Arctic arrived Assistant attempt August Back Bear became boats brought Cabot called Cape Captain carried coast command Company continued course crew danger determined direction discovered discovery ditto England entered examination expedition explore extreme fitted formed four Franklin further gave given Greenland hope Hudson's Bay hundred Indians Inlet Island James John journey July June Lake land latitude leave length Lieutenant Master miles months mouth natives navigation nearly never north-west northern numerous observed officers Parry party passage passed present proceeded provisions reached reason received remained river Ross round sailed says seen sent September ships shore side Sir John snow soon Sound stood Straits success Surgeon tons vessel voyage weather western whales whole wind winter
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Página 44 - Miserable they ! Who, here entangled in the gathering ice, Take their last look of the descending sun ; While, full of death, and fierce with tenfold frost, The long, long night, incumbent o'er their heads, Falls horrible.
Página 12 - ... before, by this fame and report there increased in my heart a great flame of desire to attempt some notable thing.
Página 233 - Victory," our own escapes, the politics of England, and the news which was now four years old. But all subsided into peace at last. The sick were accommodated, the seamen disposed of, and all was done for us which care and kindness could perform.
Página 41 - Henry the Eighth, by the grace of God King of England, France, and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, and of the Church of England, and also of Ireland, in earth the supreme head...
Página 293 - I have the honour to acquaint you, for the information of my Lords Commissioners of the Admir•alty, that at 5 o'clock pm on the 6th of August last, in latitude 24° 44...
Página 249 - Thlew-ee-choh, which, after a violent and tortuous course of five hundred and thirty geographical miles, running through an iron-ribbed country without a single tree on the whole line of its banks, expanding into fine large lakes with clear horizons, most embarrassing to the navigator, and broken into falls, cascades, and rapids, to the number of no less than eighty-three in the whole, pours its waters into the Polar Sea in latitude 67° 1 1' 00'i N., and longitude 94° 30' 0
Página 218 - Never, perhaps, was witnessed a finer scene than on the deck of my little ship, when all hope of life had left us. Noble as the character of the British sailor is always allowed to be in cases of danger, yet I did not believe it to be possible that amongst forty-one persons not one repining word should have been uttered.
Página 39 - He knew all the harbours and ports, both of his own dominions, and of France and Scotland ; and how much water they had, and what was the way of coming into them.
Página 182 - November, to the great delight of the ships' companies. In these amusements I gladly undertook a part myself, considering that an example of cheerfulness, by giving a direct countenance to everything that could contribute to it, was not the least essential part of my duty, under the peculiar circumstances in which we were placed.
Página 168 - These could not have offered any impediment.* About midnight of the 19th, Sir Thomas Smith's Sound of 'Baffin ' was distinctly seen,' and the two capes forming its entrance were named after the two ships Isabella and Alexander. ' I considered (says Captain Ross) the bottom of this sound to be about eighteen leagues distant, but its entrance was completely blocked up by ice.