| Edmund Burke - History - 1787 - 608 pages
...American coaft. But admitting this to be poffible, it muft at lealt be granted, that it would be madnefs to attempt to run from the Icy Cape to the known parts...hundred and twenty leagues) , in fo fhort a time as that paffage can be fuppofed to continue open. Upon the Afiatic fide, there appears ftill lefs probability... | |
| History - 1800 - 600 pages
...American coaft. But admitting this to be poffible, it muft at ¡eait be granted, that it would be madnefs to attempt to run from the Icy Cape to the known parts of Baffin's Bay (a diltante of four hundred and twenty leagues), in fo (hört a time as that paflage can be fuppofed to... | |
| Robert Kerr - 1816 - 562 pages
...American coast. But admitting this to be possible, it must at least be granted, that it would be madness to attempt to run from the Icy Cape to the known parts of Baffin's Bay, (a distance of four hundred and twenty leagues), in so short a time as that passage can be supposed to... | |
| James Hingston Tuckey - Commerce - 1815 - 580 pages
...But, ee.« admitting this to be possible, it must at least be Ic"' granted, that it would be madness to attempt to run from the Icy Cape to the known parts of Baffin's Bay, a distance of 420 leagues, in so short a time as the passage can be supposed to continue open. " Upon... | |
| James Hingston Tuckey - Commerce - 1815 - 580 pages
...Gaaml r'nadmitting this to be possible, it must at least be '"*" granted, that it would be madness to attempt to run from the Icy Cape to the known parts of Baffin's Bay, a distance of 420 leagues, in so short a time as the passage can be supposed to continue open. " Upon... | |
| James Cook - Oceania - 1821 - 486 pages
...American coast. But admitting this to be possible, it must at least be granted, that it would be madness to attempt to run from the Icy Cape to the known parts of Baffin's Bay (a distance of four hundred and twenty leagues), in so short a time as that passage can be supposed to... | |
| Robert Kerr - Voyages and travels - 1824 - 548 pages
...American coast. But admitting this to be possible, it must at least be granted, that it would be madness to attempt to' run from the Icy Cape to the known parts of Baffin's Bay, (a distance of four hundred and twenty leagues), in so short a time as that passage can be supposed to... | |
| General history - 1824 - 554 pages
...American coast. But admitting this to be possible, it must at least be granted, that it would be madness to attempt to run from the Icy Cape to the known parts of Baffin s Bay, (a distance of four hundred and twenty leagues), in so short a time as that passage can... | |
| Andrew Kippis - Voyages around the world - 1826 - 464 pages
...the most northern parts of the American coast. But admitting this to be possible, it would be madness to attempt to run from the Icy Cape to the known parts of Baffin s Bay (a distance of four hundred and twenty leagues) in so short a time as that passage can... | |
| Andrew Kippis - Pacific Area - 1838 - 474 pages
...the most northern parts of the American coast. But admitting this to be possible, it would be madness to attempt to run from the Icy Cape to the known parts of Baffin's Bay (a distance of four hundred and twenty leagues) in so short a time as that passage can be supposed to... | |
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