The Far North: Explorations in the Arctic RegionsWilliam P. Nimmo, 1865 - 228 страници " ... An epitome of [the author's] 'Arctic Explorations, ' an official account of the Second 'Grinnell' Expedition in search of Sir John Franklin ... "--Pref. |
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