. The polar and tropical worlds [microform] : a description of man and nature in the polar and equatorial regions of the globe : two volumes in one : embracing also an account of the expeditions of all the Arctic explorers from the discovery of Iceland, over one thousand years ago, to Hall's last expedition in the northern world, together with the wonderful discoveries and adventures of Agassiz, Livingstone, Wallace, and other distinguished travelers in the tropical countries. Arctic races; Tropics; Natural history; Races arctiques; Régions tropicales; Sciences naturelles; genealogy. 1 i* iM
. The polar and tropical worlds [microform] : a description of man and nature in the polar and equatorial regions of the globe : two volumes in one : embracing also an account of the expeditions of all the Arctic explorers from the discovery of Iceland, over one thousand years ago, to Hall's last expedition in the northern world, together with the wonderful discoveries and adventures of Agassiz, Livingstone, Wallace, and other distinguished travelers in the tropical countries. Arctic races; Tropics; Natural history; Races arctiques; Régions tropicales; Sciences naturelles; genealogy. 1 i* iM 192 THE POLAU V,ORLD. Iiend, and caused liim, as cliicf of tlic Greek orthodox Clmroh, to oxfliaiim' 1 old title of (iraiid I'l'iiice fur tlio more sis^iiiticaiit and iinposiiiij; oiio oi Czar. His liraiidsoii, Ivan II., a eruel hut enerifetie nionarcl 1, coii- quered Kasan in ;).")!', and thus coniplett'ly and iiernianently overtluew llie d( minion of the Tartars. Two years hiter he subdued Astraklian, and planted tli erman ait is and meclianics to settle in the country. It was in his reiun that Chancellor dis- coN'eri'd tlu' passage from England to the While Sea, .and Ivan gladly seized till' opiiortunily thus afforded. Soon afti'r this the port of Archangel was huilt, and thus a new seat was openjd to civilization at the northern extremity of I< urope. After theconcjuest of Kasan, several IJussians settled in that province; a riioiii' others, a merchant (d" the nanu; of Strogonoff, who established some salt work oi 1 the lianUs of the Kama, and opened :i with the nativ( A moiig these he noticeil some strangers, and having lieard that they came from n coiiiKry ruled Ity a Tartar Kb,'.n, who rcsidecl in a capital callend:mts, the Counts Str(\gonofl', are, as is we amomj: the richest itf thi' IJussian nobilitv. Ilk nown, reck â â¢iicd Soon after Ivan sent some troops to Siberia, whose prince, Jediger, aekiiowl odtred his supremacv
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