Fridtiof Nansen, 1861-1893Longmans, Green and Company, 1896 - 402 pages Biographical accounts up to the time of commencement of the first Fram expedition, 1893-96. |
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... Cape , and is believed by some to join on to Greenland . It was discovered by the English , and is visited every year by a number of English , Danish and Dutch ships , for the sole purpose of catching whales , which they boil down for ...
... Cape , and is believed by some to join on to Greenland . It was discovered by the English , and is visited every year by a number of English , Danish and Dutch ships , for the sole purpose of catching whales , which they boil down for ...
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... Cape Posilippo in the west . 6 Bordering on this unique promenade , crowded every evening during the season with handsome equipages and well - appointed horsemen , lies the park of Naples , the marvellously beautiful Villa Nazionale ...
... Cape Posilippo in the west . 6 Bordering on this unique promenade , crowded every evening during the season with handsome equipages and well - appointed horsemen , lies the park of Naples , the marvellously beautiful Villa Nazionale ...
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... Cape Farewell , which lies almost exactly in the latitude of Christiania , to the north- ern point which was reached by Lockwood in 1882 , and was sighted by Peary and Astrup in 1892. Though more than twice as large as Norway and Sweden ...
... Cape Farewell , which lies almost exactly in the latitude of Christiania , to the north- ern point which was reached by Lockwood in 1882 , and was sighted by Peary and Astrup in 1892. Though more than twice as large as Norway and Sweden ...
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... Cape Farewell northwards , and afterwards the east coast , which the drift- ice from the polar sea renders much more difficult of access . In 1875 Prof. Johnstrup issued a proposal for a systematic geological and geographical ...
... Cape Farewell northwards , and afterwards the east coast , which the drift- ice from the polar sea renders much more difficult of access . In 1875 Prof. Johnstrup issued a proposal for a systematic geological and geographical ...
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... Cape Bismarck ( about 77 ° N. lat . ) and Independence Bay ( about 811 ° N. lat . ) , explored by Peary and Astrup in 1892 , there are only two points where land has been descried , and that more than a hundred years ago ( 1770 and 1775 ) ...
... Cape Bismarck ( about 77 ° N. lat . ) and Independence Bay ( about 811 ° N. lat . ) , explored by Peary and Astrup in 1892 , there are only two points where land has been descried , and that more than a hundred years ago ( 1770 and 1775 ) ...
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