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Arctic regions - Discovery and exploration

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    History of the voyages and discoveries made in the north . Translated from the German of John Reinhold Forster, I.U.D. and elucidated by a new and original map of the countries situated about the North Pole.

    Johann Reinhold Forster | Date: MDCCLXXXVI. [1786]
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    The dangerous voyage of Capt. Thomas James, in his intended discovery of a northwest passage into the south sea wherein the miseries endured, both going, wintering and returning ... are related in this journal of it ... with an appendix concerning the longitude / by Master Gellibrand.

    Thomas James | Date: 1740
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