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At the Ends of the Earth: A History of the Polar Regions
by Kieran Mulvaney - 2001 - 286 pages
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Lives of the British Admirals: Containing Also a New and Accurate ..., Volume 5

John Campbell - 1813 - 546 pages
...who was ambitious not only of going farther than any " body had gone before, but as far as it \ras possible for •• man to go, was not sorry at meeting with this in" terruption ; as it in some measure relieved us, and '' shortened the dangers and hardships inseparable...
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A general history and collection of voyages and travels, arranged ..., Issue 27

General history - 1815 - 802 pages
...covered. I, who had ambition not only to go farther than any one had been before, but as far as it was possible for man to go, was not sorry at meeting with...this interruption, as it in some measure relieved us, at least shortened the dangers and hardships inseparable from the navigation of the southern polar...
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The World Displayed, Or, A Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 10

1815 - 476 pages
...I, who was ambitious, not only of going further than any one had been before, but as far as it was possible for man to go, was not sorry at meeting with...this interruption, as it in some measure relieved us, at least shortened the dangers and hardships inseparable- from the navigation of the southern polar...
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A General History of Voyages and Travels to the End of the 18th ..., Volume 14

Robert Kerr - 1815 - 546 pages
...covered. I, who had ambition not only to go farther than any one had been before, but as far as it was possible for man to go, was not sorry, at meeting...this interruption, as it in some measure relieved us, at least shortened the dangers and hardships inseparable from the navigation of the southern polar...
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A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 14

Robert Kerr - 1815 - 542 pages
...covered. I, who had ambition not only to go farther than any one had been before, but as far as it was possible for man to go, was not sorry at meeting with...this interruption, as it in some measure relieved us, at least shortened the dangers and hardships inseparable from the navigation of the southern polar...
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The Gallery of Nature and Art; Or, a Tour Through Creation and Science, Volume 4

Edward Polehampton - 1815 - 628 pages
...I, who was ambitious, not only of going farther than any one had been before, but as far as it was possible for man to go, was not sorry at meeting •with this interruption; at it in some measure relieved us, at least shortened the dangers and hardships inseparable from (he...
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Gallery of Nature and Art, Or a Tour Through Creation and Science ..., Volume 4

Edward T W. Polehampton - 1815 - 588 pages
...I, who was amhitious, not only of going farther than any one had been before, but as far as it was possible for man to go, was not sorry at meeting with this interruption; aa it in some measure reli«ved us, at least shortened the dangers and hardships inseparable from the...
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The Naval History of Great Britain: Commencing with the Earliest ..., Volume 5

John Campbell - 1818 - 520 pages
...I, who was ambitious not only of going farther than any body had gone before, but as far as it was possible for man to go, was not sorry at meeting with...interruption ; as it in some measure relieved us, and shortened the dangers and hardships inseparable from the navigation of the southern polar regions....
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The Hundred Wonders of the World: And of the Three Kingdoms of Nature ...

Sir Richard Phillips - 1821 - 768 pages
...covered. I, who was ambitious, not only to go farther than any one had been before, but as far as it was possible for man to go, was not sorry at meeting with...this interruption; as it in some measure relieved us, or at least shortened the dangers and hardships inseparable from the navigation of the southern polar...
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The Three Voyages of Captain James Cook Round the World. ...

James Cook - 1821 - 386 pages
...covered. I, who had ambition not only to go farther than any one had been before, but as far as it was possible for man to go, was not sorry at meeting with this interruption ; as it, in sortie measure, relieved us ; at least shortened the dangers and hardships inseparable from the navigation...
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