The Gateway to the Polynia: A Voyage to SpitzbergenH.S. King, 1873 - 355 páginas |
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... whales in abundance . Chancelor pro- ceeded to St. Nichola in the White Sea , and returned home through Russia by way of Moscow . His success led to the establishment of the Muscovy or Russia Company , by which many of the subsequent ...
... whales in abundance . Chancelor pro- ceeded to St. Nichola in the White Sea , and returned home through Russia by way of Moscow . His success led to the establishment of the Muscovy or Russia Company , by which many of the subsequent ...
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... Whale Sound in 77 ° 30 ' N. , and Hakluyt's Island . He pro- ceeded a little north of this , and saw a large sound stretching away north , which he named Smith's Sound . He then turned south , following the west side of Baffin's Bay ...
... Whale Sound in 77 ° 30 ' N. , and Hakluyt's Island . He pro- ceeded a little north of this , and saw a large sound stretching away north , which he named Smith's Sound . He then turned south , following the west side of Baffin's Bay ...
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... whale in Davis ' Strait led to the whale fishery there . Meuck's voyage to Hudson's Bay in 1619 calls for no remark ; and that of Captain Luke Fox , in 1631 , was chiefly a re - survey of what Button had seen . Fox , however , coasted ...
... whale in Davis ' Strait led to the whale fishery there . Meuck's voyage to Hudson's Bay in 1619 calls for no remark ; and that of Captain Luke Fox , in 1631 , was chiefly a re - survey of what Button had seen . Fox , however , coasted ...
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... Whale 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 ...
... Whale 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 ...
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... and Terror to attempt the North - West Passage . In July the expedition reached Whale Fish Island , Baffin's Bay , from whence letters were despatched , and the last that was seen of it was C on July 26 , when it was making for Lancaster.
... and Terror to attempt the North - West Passage . In July the expedition reached Whale Fish Island , Baffin's Bay , from whence letters were despatched , and the last that was seen of it was C on July 26 , when it was making for Lancaster.
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