Narrative of an expedition to the east coast of Greenland ... in search of the lost colonies, tr. by G.G. Macdougall1837 - 80 pages |
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... turn back without pro- ceeding to the above - mentioned Cape Barclay , in order that you may devote the more time to a close and careful examination of the traces thus discovered . You will learn from the x OFFICIAL INSTRUCTIONS .
... turn back without pro- ceeding to the above - mentioned Cape Barclay , in order that you may devote the more time to a close and careful examination of the traces thus discovered . You will learn from the x OFFICIAL INSTRUCTIONS .
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... close of the fourteenth century , when it ceased , and a deep mystery settled over the colony and its fate . Before , however , I proceed to relate the few interesting inci- dents of my voyage , I conceive it fitting briefly to ...
... close of the fourteenth century , when it ceased , and a deep mystery settled over the colony and its fate . Before , however , I proceed to relate the few interesting inci- dents of my voyage , I conceive it fitting briefly to ...
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... close of the fourteenth century , though the colony may not have been visited regularly every year , which it is evident , indeed , it was not , from the instructions given to the bishop Hendrick , on proceeding thither in 1388 , to ...
... close of the fourteenth century , though the colony may not have been visited regularly every year , which it is evident , indeed , it was not , from the instructions given to the bishop Hendrick , on proceeding thither in 1388 , to ...
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... close along the coast towards the South , explored several of the fiords in the now district of Juliana's - hope , a part of the country then as yet unoccupied by Europeans , and has given a description of some of the many ruins to be ...
... close along the coast towards the South , explored several of the fiords in the now district of Juliana's - hope , a part of the country then as yet unoccupied by Europeans , and has given a description of some of the many ruins to be ...
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... close in shore , one may sail along the whole East coast from lat . 70 ° to Cape Farewell . Danel's , Olsen's , and Egede and Rothe's expeditions , prove the fallacy of this opinion . Nor is it only travellers and navigators that have ...
... close in shore , one may sail along the whole East coast from lat . 70 ° to Cape Farewell . Danel's , Olsen's , and Egede and Rothe's expeditions , prove the fallacy of this opinion . Nor is it only travellers and navigators that have ...
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