The Countries of the World: Indians of North America ; Arctic regions ; Canada ; Pacific CoastCassell, 1876 |
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... known world was even imperfectly known to those whom we sometimes assume to be the first of conquerors , and the most polished and intellectual of the sous of men . The Phoenicians , however , bent on commerce , soon extended the ...
... known world was even imperfectly known to those whom we sometimes assume to be the first of conquerors , and the most polished and intellectual of the sous of men . The Phoenicians , however , bent on commerce , soon extended the ...
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... known parts of the world . Australia and New Zealand , hardly known to our forefathers , except as the " Botany Bay " country to which were sent the off - scourings unfit for Britain , where whalers and sealers touched , or as lands of ...
... known parts of the world . Australia and New Zealand , hardly known to our forefathers , except as the " Botany Bay " country to which were sent the off - scourings unfit for Britain , where whalers and sealers touched , or as lands of ...
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... known in all their broad details , though none are known with that accuracy which is essential for the purposes of the geographer . Still , the explorer need not sit down and weep because there are no more worlds to conquer . There are ...
... known in all their broad details , though none are known with that accuracy which is essential for the purposes of the geographer . Still , the explorer need not sit down and weep because there are no more worlds to conquer . There are ...
Contents
THE ARCTIC REGIONS IN GENERAL | 17 |
SEA ICE GLACIERS AND ICEBERGS | 48 |
LIFE IN POLAR LANDS | 71 |
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abundant accordingly Arctic Ocean Arctic regions Baffin Bay bear beaver boats British Columbia Brunswick California called camp Canada Canadian canoes Cascade range Cascades Cassell's Cheap Edition chief civilisation climate Cloth coast Coloured Danish Davis Strait east Eastern England Eskimo feet fish fjords forest fur animals fur countries fur-trade glacier Greenland ground horses Hudson Bay Company hunter ice-fields icebergs Illustrated Indians interior killed Klamath Lake land latitude live logs Manitoba marten miles narwhal natives North America North-West northern Nova Scotia Ontario Oregon Pacific pine Polar portion prairie province Quebec Railway range reindeer River rocks Rocky Mountains sail seal season seen settlement settlers ship shores side skin snow soil sometimes species Spitzbergen Strait streams summer territory timber trade trapper traps traveller trees tribes valley Vancouver Island vessel vicinity Vols walrus West western whale wild winter woods