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... Expedition , By a Midshipman . " And when we came to that cold countrie , Where the white snow always lies , Where the storms , and the cold , and the big whales blow . And the daylight never dies . " WITH ILLUSTRATIONS . London ...
... Expedition , By a Midshipman . " And when we came to that cold countrie , Where the white snow always lies , Where the storms , and the cold , and the big whales blow . And the daylight never dies . " WITH ILLUSTRATIONS . London ...
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... expedition , the first in modern times to attempt the solution of that difficult problem which has hitherto successfully baffled all nations , the discovery of the North Pole , I conceived , with the kind permission of my friend , the ...
... expedition , the first in modern times to attempt the solution of that difficult problem which has hitherto successfully baffled all nations , the discovery of the North Pole , I conceived , with the kind permission of my friend , the ...
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... expedition . of It had the further recommendation being the account of a Polar voyage from a midshipman's point of view . The original narrative has been transcribed almost word for word , excepting at those places where the pages , or ...
... expedition . of It had the further recommendation being the account of a Polar voyage from a midshipman's point of view . The original narrative has been transcribed almost word for word , excepting at those places where the pages , or ...
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... monograph of Polar voyages , or voyages that had specially for their object the discovery of the North Pole , or exploration of the northern regions , as PREFACE . xiii distinguished from those expeditions that were despatched.
... monograph of Polar voyages , or voyages that had specially for their object the discovery of the North Pole , or exploration of the northern regions , as PREFACE . xiii distinguished from those expeditions that were despatched.
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Sir Albert Hastings Markham. PREFACE . xiii distinguished from those expeditions that were despatched in quest of passages by ... expedition of Captain Phipps in 1773 , are taken from the pages of Hakluyt and Purchas , whilst those of the ...
Sir Albert Hastings Markham. PREFACE . xiii distinguished from those expeditions that were despatched in quest of passages by ... expedition of Captain Phipps in 1773 , are taken from the pages of Hakluyt and Purchas , whilst those of the ...
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