Works, Volume 93Kraus Reprint, 1967 - Geography |
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... passage to Asia , for its commander asserted that in the neighbourhood of what we know as Chesapeake Bay the continent was nar- rowed to an isthmus by the eastward projection of a great arm of the Pacific , cutting right across North ...
... passage to Asia , for its commander asserted that in the neighbourhood of what we know as Chesapeake Bay the continent was nar- rowed to an isthmus by the eastward projection of a great arm of the Pacific , cutting right across North ...
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... Passage from the Pacific to Hudson's Bay . One of his two ships sailed for home before reaching the Straits of Magellan , and Narborough himself turned back at Valdivia in Chile after encountering Spanish opposition . Only one other ...
... Passage from the Pacific to Hudson's Bay . One of his two ships sailed for home before reaching the Straits of Magellan , and Narborough himself turned back at Valdivia in Chile after encountering Spanish opposition . Only one other ...
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... passage to eastern Asia by the far north , citing for the North - West Passage the abortive attempt of Captain Thomas James ( 1630-1 ) , for the North - East Passage the reports of Wood ( 1676 ) and Nicolaas Witsen ( in a letter to the ...
... passage to eastern Asia by the far north , citing for the North - West Passage the abortive attempt of Captain Thomas James ( 1630-1 ) , for the North - East Passage the reports of Wood ( 1676 ) and Nicolaas Witsen ( in a letter to the ...
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