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Title: A voyage to Spitzbergen
Author: John Laing
Release date: February 5, 2016 [eBook #51131]
Most recently updated: October 22, 2024
Language: English
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*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK A VOYAGE TO SPITZBERGEN ***
A
VOYAGE
TO
SPITZBERGEN;
CONTAINING AN
Account of that Country,
OF THE
ZOOLOGY OF THE NORTH; OF THE SHETLAND ISLES;
AND OF THE WHALE FISHERY.
WITH AN APPENDIX,
CONTAINING
An Historical Account of the Dutch, English, and American Whale Fisheries; some Important Observations on the Variation of the Compass, &c.; and some Extracts from Mr. Scoresby’s Paper on “Polar Ice.”
BY JOHN LAING,
SURGEON.
A NEW EDITION.
EDINBURGH:
PRINTED FOR THE AUTHOR.
1825.
PRINTED BY A. BALFOUR & CO.