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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... passed the first winter . He employed himself hereupon three years in exploring the coasts , at the * By this nearly obsolete word I understand rocks but slightly elevated above the level of the sea , though capable of serving as places ...
... passed the first winter . He employed himself hereupon three years in exploring the coasts , at the * By this nearly obsolete word I understand rocks but slightly elevated above the level of the sea , though capable of serving as places ...
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... passed the said ice , which is more abundant , it is stated , in the direction of N. and N.E. from the land , than to the South or West * . From the old chorographies that have come down to us , we know that the inhabited districts were ...
... passed the said ice , which is more abundant , it is stated , in the direction of N. and N.E. from the land , than to the South or West * . From the old chorographies that have come down to us , we know that the inhabited districts were ...
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... passed Cronberg , at the head of a fleet of one hundred sail , which , in the course of the last eight days , had collected in the roads of Elsinore . Towards evening it blew fresh from the E. , and at midnight we saw the light of ...
... passed Cronberg , at the head of a fleet of one hundred sail , which , in the course of the last eight days , had collected in the roads of Elsinore . Towards evening it blew fresh from the E. , and at midnight we saw the light of ...
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... passed shortly after noon . The wind freshened towards evening to a stiff breeze , veering , at the same time , to the South , and we scudded before it across the North Sea . At one , A.M. , on the 13th , we altered our course and stood ...
... passed shortly after noon . The wind freshened towards evening to a stiff breeze , veering , at the same time , to the South , and we scudded before it across the North Sea . At one , A.M. , on the 13th , we altered our course and stood ...
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... passed a brig , belonging , as we judged , to the Hudson's Bay Company . A large land - bird flew several times round and round the ship . Some of us took it to be an eagle , others an owl . On the 17th , we being then near Alof ...
... passed a brig , belonging , as we judged , to the Hudson's Bay Company . A large land - bird flew several times round and round the ship . Some of us took it to be an eagle , others an owl . On the 17th , we being then near Alof ...
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