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The lands of silence : $b A history of Arctic and Antarctic explorationMarkham, Clements R. (Clements Robert), Sir

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The lands of silence : $b A history of Arctic and Antarctic exploration

Name: The lands of silence : $b A history of Arctic and Antarctic exploration
Author: Markham, Clements R. (Clements Robert), Sir

Markham, Clements R. (Clements Robert), Sir

Polar regions -- Discovery and exploration

RELICS FROM BARENTSZ’S HUT. (From the National Museum,
    Amsterdam, by kind permission of the Directorate)                 79

  “THE EXACT MANNER OF THE HOUSE WHEREIN WE WINTERED.” (De Bry)
                                                                      79

  SIR MARTIN FROBISHER. (Holland, _Heroologia_, 1620)                 82

  FROBISHER’S DISCOVERIES                                             87

  THE VOYAGES OF JOHN DAVIS                                           97

  MEMORIAL TABLET TO RICHARD HAKLUYT IN BRISTOL CATHEDRAL            111

  PART OF NORTH-WEST SPITSBERGEN                                     120

  SIR THOMAS BUTTON                                                  136

  BAFFIN’S MAP OF HUDSON STRAIT                                      139

  BAFFIN’S DISCOVERIES                                               144

  CAPTAIN THOMAS JAMES. (From _Voyages of Foxe and James_,
    Hakluyt Society, 1894)                                           153

  PART OF FOXE’S MAP, 1635                                           155

  HUDSON BAY                                                         167

  ALEXANDER MACKENZIE. (From the engraving by Condé, after
    Lawrence)                                                        169

  BERING’S VOYAGE FROM KAMSCHATKA TO NORTH AMERICA. (Synge, _A
    Book of Discovery_)                                              178

  NORTH-EASTERN SIBERIA                                              181

  NORTH-WESTERN SIBERIA                                              181

  THE PARRY ISLANDS                                                  210

  SIR JOHN FRANKLIN                                                  239

  FACSIMILE OF FRANKLIN EXPEDITION RECORD. (M’Clintock, _Fate of
    Franklin_)                                                       244

  CRITICAL POSITION OF _H.M.S. INVESTIGATOR_ ON THE NORTH COAST
    OF BARING ISLAND, AUG. 20TH, 1851. (Colour sketch by S.
    Gurney Cresswell)                                                264

  LIEUT CRESSWELL’S PARTY SLEDGING OVER HUMMOCKY ICE. (Colour
    sketch by S. Gurney Cresswell)                                   268

  JULIUS PAYER                                                       290

  LIEUT PARR, R.N., _H.M.S. Alert_. (_Phot._ Maull & Co.),
    COMMANDER A. H. MARKHAM, R.N., _H.M.S. Alert_. (_Phot._
    Elliott & Fry), SIR GEORGE NARES. (_Phot._ J. Griffin & Co.),
    LIEUT P. ALDRICH, R.N., _H.M.S. Alert_. (_Phot._ F. Johnson),
    LIEUT L. A. BEAUMONT, _H.M.S. Discovery_. (_Phot._ Elliott &
    Fry)                                                             302

  SUB-LIEUT GEORGE LE CLERC EGERTON, R.N. (_Phot._ Elliott & Fry)
                                                                     306

  LIEUT WYATT RAWSON, R.N. (_Phot._ Maull & Co.)                     306

  THE _PANDORA_ (CAPTAIN ALLEN YOUNG) IN PEEL STRAIT                 312

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