The North American Review, Vol. 69 (Classic Reprint)
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Excerpt from The North American Review, Vol. 69 Art. I. - I. Narrative of Discoveries on the North Coast of America, effected by the Officers of the Hudson´s Day Company, during the Years 1836-39. By Thomas Simpson, Esq. London. 1843. 8vo. 2. Voyages of Discovery and Research within the Arctic Regions, from the Year 1818, in Search of the Northwest Passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific, with two Attempts to reach the North Pole; abridged from the Official Narratives. By Sir .John Barrow. London. 1846. The existence of a navigable passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific, along the northern shore of North America, has been taken for granted ever since the discovery of the continent. But geographers have been sorely puzzled in their attempts to determine its position. The earlier map-makers, being very slightly hampered with any knowledge of that part of the world, seem to have felt at liberty to draw what their fancy suggested. Gemma Frisius represents the whole of North America as only a long, narrow strip of land jutting out from the continent; while others, more hardy, not only cover the circumpolar region with well defined islands and broad straits, but mark the pole itself with a large mountain, which they describe as being of black rock. Nor have the many expeditions, which have so industriously sought for the Northwest Passage, fixed the maps yet. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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