It is generally admitted that, for the last four hundred years, an extensive portion of the eastern coast of Old Greenland has been shut up by an impenetrable barrier of ice, and, with it, the ill-fated Norwegian or Danish colonies, which had been established... Journal of Science and the Arts - Page 1821818Full view - About this book
| 1818 - 484 pages
...it is stated, — " It is generally admitleil, thai for the " last four hundred years, an cxtensjve portion of the eastern " coast of Old Greenland has...that various attempts have " been made from time to lime to approach this coast, with " the view of ascertaining the fate of the unfortunate colonist*,... | |
| William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, John Murray, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - 1818 - 574 pages
...particularly interested, we shall enter into some detail of the facts and of their probable consequences. It is generally admitted that, for the last four hundred...with it, the illfated Norwegian or Danish colonies, which had been established there for more than an equal length of time preceding that unfortunate catastrophe,... | |
| 1818 - 598 pages
...Oreenland. 1 am, Sir, Your'*, &c. MarchS, 1818. R. 0. IT is generally admitted, that, for the lait four hundred years, an extensive portion of the eastern...with it, the ill-fated Norwegian or Danish colonies, which lia'J been established there for more than an equal length of time preceding that unfortuuate... | |
| William Nugent Glascock - 1826 - 320 pages
...and to crumble and consume below the surface of the water ;" yet, in a subsequent number, he says, " that for the last four hundred years an extensive portion of the eastern setting down the Welcome, which, the Reviewer informs us, ultimately carries ice-bergs along the coast... | |
| 1850 - 642 pages
...story was actually believed by some grave persons, who ought to have known better. It had been known that for the last four hundred years an extensive portion of the eastern coast of Old Greenland had been closed by an impenetrable barrier of ice, and with it the Norwegian or Danish Colonies, which... | |
| 1818 - 586 pages
...particularly interested, we shall enter into some detail of the facts and of their probable consequences. It is generally admitted that, for the last four hundred...with it, the ill-fated Norwegian or Danish colonies, which had been established there for more than an equal length of time preceding that unfortunate catastrophe,... | |
| 1818 - 572 pages
...detail of the facts and of their probable consequences. It is generally admitted that, for the last (our hundred years, an extensive portion of the eastern...with it, the illfated Norwegian or Danish colonies, which had been established there for more than an equal length of time preceding that unfortunate catastrophe,... | |
| Maurizio Bossi - 1984 - 748 pages
...detail of the facts and of their probable consequences. It is gem-rally admitted that, for the last tour hundred years; an extensive portion of the eastern...with it, the illfated Norwegian or Danish colonies, \vliich had been established there for more than an equal length of tune preceding that unfortunate... | |
| 1849 - 674 pages
...story was actually believed by some grave persons, who ought to have known better. It had been known that for the last four hundred years an extensive portion of the eastern coast of Old Greenland had been closed by an impenetrable barrier of ice, and with it, the Norwegian or Danish Colonies, which... | |
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