Arctic Researches, and Life Among the Esquimaux: Being the Narrative of an Expedition in Search of Sir John Franklin, in the Years 1860, 1861, and 1862 |
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... determined to make the effort . But how ? what were my means ? what the facilities for reaching the coveted goal of my ambition ? Cincinnati , where I then resided , was in a highly civilized part of the world , where ready transit from ...
... determined to make the effort . But how ? what were my means ? what the facilities for reaching the coveted goal of my ambition ? Cincinnati , where I then resided , was in a highly civilized part of the world , where ready transit from ...
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... determined , therefore , to try ; and , first of all , get what means were in my power , then find a way . Many before me had accomplished much in the world upon as slight a foundation as that of mine . What , then , was to hinder my ...
... determined , therefore , to try ; and , first of all , get what means were in my power , then find a way . Many before me had accomplished much in the world upon as slight a foundation as that of mine . What , then , was to hinder my ...
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... determined to adopt the following plan , which , I may here state , was the one I acted upon , so far as I could , throughout my whole undertaking . I give that plan as promulgated by me at the time . I said , " My object is to acquire ...
... determined to adopt the following plan , which , I may here state , was the one I acted upon , so far as I could , throughout my whole undertaking . I give that plan as promulgated by me at the time . I said , " My object is to acquire ...
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... determine more satisfactorily the fate of the 105 companions of Sir John Franklin now known to have been living on the 25th day of April , 1848 . " I take with me an Esquimaux interpreter , and during my so- journ in the arctic regions ...
... determine more satisfactorily the fate of the 105 companions of Sir John Franklin now known to have been living on the 25th day of April , 1848 . " I take with me an Esquimaux interpreter , and during my so- journ in the arctic regions ...
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... determined . " I believe some of the 105 may yet be found habitants among the Esquimaux of Boothia , Victoria , or ... determining many of the unsettled ques- tions indicated above , as well as increasing our geographical knowledge of ...
... determined . " I believe some of the 105 may yet be found habitants among the Esquimaux of Boothia , Victoria , or ... determining many of the unsettled ques- tions indicated above , as well as increasing our geographical knowledge of ...
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