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Narrative of a Second Expedition to the Shores of the Polar Sea in the Years 1825, 1826, and 1827 (British English)
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Including an Account of the Progress of a Detachment to the Eastward, by John Richardson, M.D., F.R.S., F.L.S., &c. Surgeon and Naturalist to the Expedition (British English)
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The boats of the Expedition had advanced from Hudson's Bay into the interior, twelve hundred miles, before they were joined by the officers; whilst the latter, from taking a more circuitous route by New York and Canada, as shewn in the introductory chapter, travelled two thousand and eight hundred miles, to reach the same point. (British English)
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And it is sincerely to be hoped that Great Britain will not relax her efforts until the question of a north-west passage has been satisfactorily set at rest, or at least until those portions of the northern shores of America, which are yet unknown, be laid down in our maps; and which, with the exception of a small space on the Asiatic continent eastward of Shelatskoi Noss, are the only intervals wanting to complete the outline of Europe, Asia, and America. (British English)
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