The National Geographic Magazine, Volume 3National Geographic Society, 1892 - Geography Indexes kept up to date with supplements. |
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Page 59
... voyage , " suddenly dis- appearing , all at once disclosed to us a long chain of mountains covered with snow , which , if the weather had been clear , we would have been able to have seen thirty leagues farther off . We discovered ...
... voyage , " suddenly dis- appearing , all at once disclosed to us a long chain of mountains covered with snow , which , if the weather had been clear , we would have been able to have seen thirty leagues farther off . We discovered ...
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... voyage , shows that it corresponds with the Yakutat bay of modern maps . Observations made at this time by M. Dagelet , the astronomer of the expedition , determined the elevation of Mount St. Elias to be 1,980 toises . Considering the ...
... voyage , shows that it corresponds with the Yakutat bay of modern maps . Observations made at this time by M. Dagelet , the astronomer of the expedition , determined the elevation of Mount St. Elias to be 1,980 toises . Considering the ...
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... voyage as being " entirely surrounded by low , flat islands , where scarcely any snow could be seen , and well sheltered from any winds whatever . " The voyage of the Queen Charlotte was not made for the pur- pose of increasing ...
... voyage as being " entirely surrounded by low , flat islands , where scarcely any snow could be seen , and well sheltered from any winds whatever . " The voyage of the Queen Charlotte was not made for the pur- pose of increasing ...
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... voyage . MALASPINA , 1792. † About a hundred years ago the interest felt by the maritime nations of Europe in a " Northwest passage , " connecting the * Voyage of the Iphigenia ; Captain Douglas : in Voyages made in the years 1788-1789 ...
... voyage . MALASPINA , 1792. † About a hundred years ago the interest felt by the maritime nations of Europe in a " Northwest passage , " connecting the * Voyage of the Iphigenia ; Captain Douglas : in Voyages made in the years 1788-1789 ...
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... voyage of discovery . Malaspina , like Columbus , was a native of Italy in the service of Spain . Orders were sent to him to cruise northward and test the truth of Maldonado's report . The narrative of this voyage is supposed to have ...
... voyage of discovery . Malaspina , like Columbus , was a native of Italy in the service of Spain . Orders were sent to him to cruise northward and test the truth of Maldonado's report . The narrative of this voyage is supposed to have ...
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