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Page 131
... Island and Hold - with- Hope , in 73 ° 30 ' , is SSW . , true . It is almost wholly mountain- ous , rugged , and barren . Its general character is not unlike that of Spitzbergen ; but the quantity of snow upon it seems to be gene- rally ...
... Island and Hold - with- Hope , in 73 ° 30 ' , is SSW . , true . It is almost wholly mountain- ous , rugged , and barren . Its general character is not unlike that of Spitzbergen ; but the quantity of snow upon it seems to be gene- rally ...
Page 134
... island , about half a league to the northward , in compli- ment to Mr. B. A. Heywood . A third island , nearly adjoining the latter , I named Sandbach Island , after another much respected friend ; and a small one intermediate between ...
... island , about half a league to the northward , in compli- ment to Mr. B. A. Heywood . A third island , nearly adjoining the latter , I named Sandbach Island , after another much respected friend ; and a small one intermediate between ...
Page 245
... island Margarita is thus suggested to Great Britain : cas . The possession of Margarita is an object of some conse- quence ; as it is separated from the continent by a strait only eight leagues wide , and to windward of all the best ...
... island Margarita is thus suggested to Great Britain : cas . The possession of Margarita is an object of some conse- quence ; as it is separated from the continent by a strait only eight leagues wide , and to windward of all the best ...
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