Identifier: grandestcenturyi00nort (find matches)
Title: Grandest century in the world's history; containing a full and graphic account of the marvelous achievements of one hundred years, including great battles and conquests; the rise and fall of nations; wonderful growth and progress of the United States ... etc., etc
Year: 1900 (1900s)
Authors: Northrop, Henry Davenport, 1836-1909
Subjects: Nineteenth century
Publisher: Philadelphia, Pa., National publishing co
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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VOYAGES IN THE POLAR WORLD. 253 tember lOj 1855, an American whalers ij^hted the Resohite in 6)^ North latitude, about twenty miles from Cape Mercy, in Davis Strait. She was brought into an American port, andeventually presented to the British Gov-ernment. She had drifted nearly athousand miles. In 1853 ^^^ ^^^ was employed to con- in April and May. He succeeded inconnecting- the discoveries of Simpsonwith those of James Ross, and thus established the fact that King William Land was an island. Rae also brought home tidings andrelics of Franklins expedition gathered from the Eskimo; and this led to the expedition of MClintock in the Fox in

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