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... Greenland , whereas on the eastern coast they have been unable to ap- proach within three degrees of the position attained on the opposite side . Again , the west coast of Spitzbergen is approachable every year , whilst its eastern ...
... Greenland , whereas on the eastern coast they have been unable to ap- proach within three degrees of the position attained on the opposite side . Again , the west coast of Spitzbergen is approachable every year , whilst its eastern ...
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... Greenland , and communication with the Eskimos , 6 ; Spitzbergen discovered , 7 ; the voyage of an enterprising friar , 10 ; laws of the " yle of Auleron , " 11 ; Master Robert Thorne sub- mits a memorial to King Henry the Eighth , in ...
... Greenland , and communication with the Eskimos , 6 ; Spitzbergen discovered , 7 ; the voyage of an enterprising friar , 10 ; laws of the " yle of Auleron , " 11 ; Master Robert Thorne sub- mits a memorial to King Henry the Eighth , in ...
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... Greenland , 291 ; enter Smith Sound , 292 ; separation of the ships , 295 ; winter quarters of the Alert , 298 ; autumn sledging , 299 ; arrangements for the winter , 302 . CHAPTER XV . SIR GEORGE NARES'S EXPEDITION ( conclusion ) ...
... Greenland , 291 ; enter Smith Sound , 292 ; separation of the ships , 295 ; winter quarters of the Alert , 298 ; autumn sledging , 299 ; arrangements for the winter , 302 . CHAPTER XV . SIR GEORGE NARES'S EXPEDITION ( conclusion ) ...
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... GREENLAND C.Farewell and fed by Marshe 832026 N ington Land Washingto Hall La N Clavering Land farthest y 1876 . 40 farthest NORTH POLE Party C.Wien tzarou Т 12April 1874 Wilczek Laud cis Joseph Austri CLeigh Smith Ph Land July 23rd1821 ...
... GREENLAND C.Farewell and fed by Marshe 832026 N ington Land Washingto Hall La N Clavering Land farthest y 1876 . 40 farthest NORTH POLE Party C.Wien tzarou Т 12April 1874 Wilczek Laud cis Joseph Austri CLeigh Smith Ph Land July 23rd1821 ...
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... , regarding the subjugation of Iceland , is , curiously enough , corroborated by another historian , who not only mentions Iceland , but also Greenland , as being 1 Iceland . I ] KING ALFRED'S NAVIGATOR . 3 a dependency of.
... , regarding the subjugation of Iceland , is , curiously enough , corroborated by another historian , who not only mentions Iceland , but also Greenland , as being 1 Iceland . I ] KING ALFRED'S NAVIGATOR . 3 a dependency of.
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