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... 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 portions of them , were ...
... 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 portions of them , were ...
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... further exploration . The fact must not be lost sight of that the same reasons for a continuance of Arctic exploration exist now , that were considered sufficiently potent to warrant the despatch of an expedition by the Government in ...
... further exploration . The fact must not be lost sight of that the same reasons for a continuance of Arctic exploration exist now , that were considered sufficiently potent to warrant the despatch of an expedition by the Government in ...
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... further exploration in the neighbourhood of Smith Sound . To send another expedition in that direction would be a waste of money and energy , unless indeed a passage was sought through either Jones or Hayes Sounds . In deciding then ...
... further exploration in the neighbourhood of Smith Sound . To send another expedition in that direction would be a waste of money and energy , unless indeed a passage was sought through either Jones or Hayes Sounds . In deciding then ...
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... further to the north than any mortal had done before him . The sea was open and the dangers he had to surmount were only trifles to his courage . ' Further on , we are told that , " he rounded the point of the globe beyond which it ...
... further to the north than any mortal had done before him . The sea was open and the dangers he had to surmount were only trifles to his courage . ' Further on , we are told that , " he rounded the point of the globe beyond which it ...
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... further by his Magicall Arte , described all those places that he saw , and tooke the height 2 of them with his Astrolabe , accord- ing to the forme that I , Gerard Mercator , have sette downe in my mappe . ' " " Dr. John Dee , the ...
... further by his Magicall Arte , described all those places that he saw , and tooke the height 2 of them with his Astrolabe , accord- ing to the forme that I , Gerard Mercator , have sette downe in my mappe . ' " " Dr. John Dee , the ...
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