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... course the necessary precautions would have been taken , before leaving the land , of establishing large depôts of provisions in order to guard against such an eventuality as the one we are now imagining . But of what use are these ...
... course the necessary precautions would have been taken , before leaving the land , of establishing large depôts of provisions in order to guard against such an eventuality as the one we are now imagining . But of what use are these ...
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... course subject to the influence of winds and currents , and to a greater or less degree according to the immersion of the ice , or its height above water . It is therefore reasonable to suppose that , during the latter part of the ...
... course subject to the influence of winds and currents , and to a greater or less degree according to the immersion of the ice , or its height above water . It is therefore reasonable to suppose that , during the latter part of the ...
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... course no passage to Cathay across the North Pole between the meridians of longi- tude in his immediate vicinity . " " The lateness of the season compelled Hudson to relinquish further quest that year , so giving up the attempt he ...
... course no passage to Cathay across the North Pole between the meridians of longi- tude in his immediate vicinity . " " The lateness of the season compelled Hudson to relinquish further quest that year , so giving up the attempt he ...
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... course , arrived on the 23rd of May within Cape Cold , in Lat . 78 ° 43 ′ N. sets down the situation of three leagues of Although Poole this cape as in Greenland , it is really on the south - west coast of Spitzbergen . On the 26th ...
... course , arrived on the 23rd of May within Cape Cold , in Lat . 78 ° 43 ′ N. sets down the situation of three leagues of Although Poole this cape as in Greenland , it is really on the south - west coast of Spitzbergen . On the 26th ...
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... course northwards , until his progress was arrested by the ice in latitude 79 ° 34 ' . After a delay of a few days , he made another attempt to push northwards , but only succeeded in getting past Hakluyt's Headland , when he saw the ...
... course northwards , until his progress was arrested by the ice in latitude 79 ° 34 ' . After a delay of a few days , he made another attempt to push northwards , but only succeeded in getting past Hakluyt's Headland , when he saw the ...
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