 | 1836 - 872 páginas
...Who would have thought," he says, (vol. iv. p. 199,) " that an island situated between the latitude of 54° and 55° should, in the very height of summer, be in a manner wholly covered with frozen snow, many fathoms deep, but especially on the southwest coast... | |
 | William Robertson - 1837 - 632 páginas
...that an island of no greater extent than seventy league* in circuit, situated between the latitude of 54° and 55°, should in the very height of summer be, in a manner, wholly covered, many fathoms deep, with frozen snow ; but more especially the S. \V. coast:'... | |
 | James Cook - 1842 - 636 páginas
...Who would have thought that an island of no greater extent than this, situated between the latitude of 54° and 55°, should, in the very height of summer, be in a manner wholly covered many fathoms deep with frozen snow, but more especially the SW coast ? The... | |
 | John Purdy - 1844 - 534 páginas
...in describing Georgia,) that an island of no greater extent than this, situated between the latitude of 54° and 55°, should, in the very height of summer, be, in a manner, wholly covered, many fathoms deep, with frozen snow, but more especially the SW coast?... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1850 - 782 páginas
...have thought,' he adds, ' that an island of no greater extent than this, situated between the latitude of 54° and 55°, should in the very height of summer be in a manner wholly covered many fathoms deep with frozen snow?' Although he saw much ice, he concluded... | |
 | William Robertson - 1851 - 774 páginas
...that an island of no greater extent than seventy leagues in circuit, situated between the latitude of 54° and 55°, should in the very height of summer be, in a manner, wholly covered, many fathoms deep, with frozen snow ; but more especially the SW coast... | |
 | 1856 - 580 páginas
...have thought,' he adds, ' that an island of no greater extent than this, situated between the latitude of 54° and 55", should in the very height of summer be in a manner wholly covered many fathoms deep with frozen snow?' Although he saw much ice, he concluded... | |
 | British Association for the Advancement of Science. Meeting - 1862 - 776 páginas
..."who would have thought that an island of no greater extent than this, situated between the latitude of 54° and 55°, should, in the very height of summer, be in a manner wholly covered many fathoms deep with frozen snow í " • But pushing on still further,... | |
 | Smithsonian Institution. Board of Regents - 1877 - 534 páginas
...melancholy island, and he says of it: " We thought it very extraordinary that an island between the latitude of 54° and 55° should, in the very height of summer, be almost entirely covered with snow, in somo places many fathoms deep." (Captain CooVi Second Voyage, vol. ii,... | |
 | Ignatius Donnelly - 1883 - 482 páginas
...place : ' We thought it very extraordinary,' he says, ' that an island between the latitudes of 54b and 55° should, in the very height of summer, be...continually breaking off, which made a noise like cannon. Nor were the interior parts of the country less horrible. The savage rocks raised their lofty... | |
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Who would have thought that an island of no greater extent than this, situated between the latitude of 54° and 55°, should, in the very height of summer, be in a manner wholly covered, many fathoms deep, with frozen snow, but more especially the SW... 
