Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from The Search for Sir John Franklin: A Lecture Delivered at the Russell Institution, January 15, 1851
You are all doubtless aware, that from the period when the North American Continent became better known to us by the Spirit of northern enterprise, which has rendered famous the names of Zeno, Gomez, Cabot, and others, the discovery of a passage from Europe to India, through the seas which bound the coast of North America, was the favourite project of many maritime nations.
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