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Proceeding up the strait , they landed on a small island on the southern shore ,
and “ here all the sands and cliffs did so glister , and had so bright a marquesite ,
that it seemed all to be gold , but upon tryal made , it proved no better than black
...
Proceeding up the strait , they landed on a small island on the southern shore ,
and “ here all the sands and cliffs did so glister , and had so bright a marquesite ,
that it seemed all to be gold , but upon tryal made , it proved no better than black
...
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The shore was beset with ice to the extent of a full league into the sea ; and as all
around presented “ so true a paterne of desolation , ” Davis gave to this part of
the country , the west coast of Greenland , the name of “ the Land of Desolation .
The shore was beset with ice to the extent of a full league into the sea ; and as all
around presented “ so true a paterne of desolation , ” Davis gave to this part of
the country , the west coast of Greenland , the name of “ the Land of Desolation .
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... at Dartmouth on the 20th of September . It is almost certain that the portions of
the arctic regions , which Davis traversed on this voyage , were the two coasts of
Davis ' s Strait , first along the western shore , and then up the eastern shore , 52
...
... at Dartmouth on the 20th of September . It is almost certain that the portions of
the arctic regions , which Davis traversed on this voyage , were the two coasts of
Davis ' s Strait , first along the western shore , and then up the eastern shore , 52
...
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western shore , and then up the eastern shore , as far as that of Baffin ' s Bay .
The islands that blocked up the strait to the southward were those among which
Frobisher was looking for gold ore ; but all this portion , that lies between Hudson
' s ...
western shore , and then up the eastern shore , as far as that of Baffin ' s Bay .
The islands that blocked up the strait to the southward were those among which
Frobisher was looking for gold ore ; but all this portion , that lies between Hudson
' s ...
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... when getting between two islands of fixed ice , they were but too glad to
escape ; and coasting Greenland southerly along the ice some three leagues
from the shore , they arrived on the 17th at the Land of Desolation , crossed over
to Gilbert ...
... when getting between two islands of fixed ice , they were but too glad to
escape ; and coasting Greenland southerly along the ice some three leagues
from the shore , they arrived on the 17th at the Land of Desolation , crossed over
to Gilbert ...
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| Title | Memoirs of the Naval Worthies of Queen Elizabeth's Reign: Of Their Gallant Deeds, Daring Adventures, and Services, in the Infant State of the British Navy |
| Author | John Barrow |
| Publisher | J. Murray, 1845 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 17 juuni 2010 |
| Length | 495 pages |
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