The Gateway to the Polynia: A Voyage to SpitzbergenH.S. King, 1873 - 355 páginas |
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... Island . After this period most of the north- west expeditions were at the expense , not of the Mus- covy Company , but of the Hudson's Bay Company ; but none of these advanced beyond previous explorers until we come to Captain ...
... Island . After this period most of the north- west expeditions were at the expense , not of the Mus- covy Company , but of the Hudson's Bay Company ; but none of these advanced beyond previous explorers until we come to Captain ...
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... Island , off the mouth of the river , to be 69 ° 15 ′ N. In 1818 , Captain John Ross and Lieute- nant W. E. Parry went up Davis ' Strait , but they did little more than confirm the observations of Baffin . Lancaster Sound was , however ...
... Island , off the mouth of the river , to be 69 ° 15 ′ N. In 1818 , Captain John Ross and Lieute- nant W. E. Parry went up Davis ' Strait , but they did little more than confirm the observations of Baffin . Lancaster Sound was , however ...
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... islands of North Devon , Cornwallis , Bathurst , Melville , North Somerset , Cape Walker , and Banks's Land , which forms part of Baring's Island . From 1819 to 1822 Sir John Franklin made extensive journeys in the Hudson's Bay ...
... islands of North Devon , Cornwallis , Bathurst , Melville , North Somerset , Cape Walker , and Banks's Land , which forms part of Baring's Island . From 1819 to 1822 Sir John Franklin made extensive journeys in the Hudson's Bay ...
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... traced portions of King William's Island , Boothia Felix , and North Somerset ; but he crossed Brentford Bay without noticing Bellot's Strait , INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER . 17 which bounds the northernmost point of 16 A VOYAGE TO SPITZBERGEN .
... traced portions of King William's Island , Boothia Felix , and North Somerset ; but he crossed Brentford Bay without noticing Bellot's Strait , INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER . 17 which bounds the northernmost point of 16 A VOYAGE TO SPITZBERGEN .
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... Island . Thus , the only gap in the completion of the North - West Passage was a connection between Franklin's Channel and the Gulf of Boothia . Dr. Rae was selected to make this completion . He surveyed portions of the Gulf of Boothia ...
... Island . Thus , the only gap in the completion of the North - West Passage was a connection between Franklin's Channel and the Gulf of Boothia . Dr. Rae was selected to make this completion . He surveyed portions of the Gulf of Boothia ...
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