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" I concluded that what we had seen, which I named Sandwich .Land, was either a group of islands, or else a point of the continent. For 1 firmly believe that there is a tract of land near the Pole which is the source of most of the ice that is spread over... "
A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Arranged in ... - Page 34
by Robert Kerr - 1824
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Lives of the British Admirals: Containing Also a New and Accurate ..., Volume 5

John Campbell - Admirals - 1813 - 546 pages
...Land to this discovery, which may possibly be the northern point of a continent; for he is of opinion, that there is a tract of land near the pole, which...ice that is spread over this vast southern ocean. He likewise thinks that it extends farthest to the north, opposite the southern Atlantic and Indian...
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The World Displayed, Or, A Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 10

Voyages and travels - 1815 - 476 pages
...which may possibly be the northern point of a continent ; for he is of opinion, that there is a track of land near the pole, which is the source of most...ice that is spread over this vast Southern Ocean. He likewise thinks it extends farthest to the north opposite the Southern Atlantic and Indian Oceans,...
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Gallery of Nature and Art, Or a Tour Through Creation and Science ..., Volume 4

Edward T W. Polehampton - 1815 - 588 pages
...which may possibly be the northern point of a continent ; for ho is of opinion that there is a track of land near the pole, which is the source of most...ice that is spread over this vast Southern Ocean. He likewise thinks it extends farthest to the north oppo. site the southern Atlantic and Indian Oceans,...
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The Naval History of Great Britain: Commencing with the Earliest ..., Volume 5

John Campbell - Admirals - 1818 - 520 pages
...Land to this discovery, which may possibly be the northern point of a continent; for he is of opinion, that there is a tract of land near the pole, which...ice that is spread over this vast southern ocean. lie likewise thinks that it extends farthest to the north, opposite the southern Atlantic and Indian...
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The Gallery of Nature and Art; Or a Tour Through Creation and Science ...

Edward Polehampton - Natural history - 1821 - 592 pages
...Sandwich-Land to this discovery, which may possibly be the northern point of a continent; for he is of opinion that there is a tract of land near the pole, which...ice that is spread over this vast Southern Ocean. He likewise thinks it extends farthest to the north opposite the southern Atlantic and Indian Oceans,...
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A Narrative of the Voyages Round the World: Performed by Captain ..., Volume 1

Andrew Kippis - Voyages around the world - 1826 - 464 pages
...Isles, and Sandwich's Land. The last is either a group of islands, or else a point of the continent. For that there is a tract of land near the pole, which...ice that is spread over this vast Southern Ocean, was the captain's firm opinion. He also thought it probable, that this land must extend farthestto...
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The Gallery of Portraits: with Memoirs ...

Biography - 1833 - 504 pages
...observes, " that Sandwich Land was either a group of islands, or else a point of the continent, for I firmly believe that there is a tract of land near the Pole, which is the source of most of the ice which is spread over this vast southern ocean. I also think it probable that it extends farthest to...
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Biographia Borealis: Or, Lives of Distinguished Northerns

Hartley Coleridge - Biography - 1833 - 764 pages
...Isles, and Sandwich's Land, were discovered by the 6th of February. The opinion of Cook was now decided, that there is a tract of land near the pole, which is the source of the ice spread over the Southern Ocean, and that it extended farthest north where the ice appeared...
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An Historical Account of the Circumnavigation of the Globe: And of the ...

Historical account - Discoveries in geography - 1836 - 510 pages
...the whole were a group of islands or the point of a continent ; " for I firmly believe/' he says, " that there is a tract of land near the Pole, which...ice that is spread over this vast Southern Ocean." He was anxious to clear up this question ; but he felt that he could not justify himself in now encountering...
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The Worthies of Yorkshire and Lancashire;: Being Lives of the Most ...

Hartley Coleridge - Lancashire (England) - 1836 - 774 pages
...Isles, and Sandwich's Land, were discovered by the 6th of February. The opinion of Cook was now decided, that there is a tract of land near the pole, which is the source of the ice spread over the Southern Ocean, and that it extended farthest north where the ice appeared...
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