Siberia in Asia: a visit to the valley of the Yenesay1882 |
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... English dress , but every one interested in Arctic exploration has read Baron Nordenskiöld's account of the wonderful voyage of the Vega from Lapland to Behring's Straits , and the overland route from Moscow to Vladivostok forms the ...
... English dress , but every one interested in Arctic exploration has read Baron Nordenskiöld's account of the wonderful voyage of the Vega from Lapland to Behring's Straits , and the overland route from Moscow to Vladivostok forms the ...
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... English letters of the Russian names . They are , for the most part , attempts to render the Russian pronunciation phonetically . The spelling is , however , only phonetic when it is pronounced by a German . The consequence is that ...
... English letters of the Russian names . They are , for the most part , attempts to render the Russian pronunciation phonetically . The spelling is , however , only phonetic when it is pronounced by a German . The consequence is that ...
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... English colony . At that time the inhabitants of Archangel were actually carrying on a trade with this wonderful land of Cathay . In their flat - bottomed lodkas , sewn together with willow twigs , they skirted the east coast of the ...
... English colony . At that time the inhabitants of Archangel were actually carrying on a trade with this wonderful land of Cathay . In their flat - bottomed lodkas , sewn together with willow twigs , they skirted the east coast of the ...
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... English steamers were unable to enter the Kara Sea . Drawing 14 to 17 feet of water , they had liter- ally no chance at all where Wiggins only saved himself by the skin of his teeth , not drawing more than 12 feet . The crowning feat of ...
... English steamers were unable to enter the Kara Sea . Drawing 14 to 17 feet of water , they had liter- ally no chance at all where Wiggins only saved himself by the skin of his teeth , not drawing more than 12 feet . The crowning feat of ...
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... from home , but his lady received us very kindly . Her excellency spoke good French and German , and had an English governess for her children . M. Bogdanoff , in St. SLEDGING IN A SNOW - STORM . FISHING STATION ON THE OBB .
... from home , but his lady received us very kindly . Her excellency spoke good French and German , and had an English governess for her children . M. Bogdanoff , in St. SLEDGING IN A SNOW - STORM . FISHING STATION ON THE OBB .
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