Voyages of Discovery and Research Within the Arctic Regions, from the Year 1818 to the Present Time: Under the Command of the Several Naval Officers Employed by Sea and Land in Search of a Northwest Passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific; With Two Attem

Excerpt from Voyages of Discovery and Research Within the Arctic Regions, From the Year 1818 to the Present Time: Under the Command of the Several Naval Officers Employed by Sea and Land in Search of a Northwest Passage From the Atlantic to the Pacific; With Two Attempts to Reach the North Pole

SO much has been said on the subject of a north west passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and so many erroneous notions have been afloat con cerning it, that I deem it proper, by way Of intro duction, to account for the recent revival of the attempts to discover it.

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