The three voyages of William Barentz to the Arctic regions, (1594, 1595, and 1596) . to J. THE SECOND EDITION. xlix September, in 72° 25 N. latitude, did he again suc-ceed in reaching open water, thus, fortunately, es-caping a fate similar to that of Barendsz. The 3rd of October he sailed through BurroughStrait, and anchored on the 4th of November atHammerfest, thanking God for his prosperous voy-age. Thus Carlsen (like a true seaman) ends his log. News of the discovery, by Captain Elling Carlsen,of a great number of relics on the beach of Ice Har-bour, was soon spread in Hammerfest. In conse-
The three voyages of William Barentz to the Arctic regions, (1594, 1595, and 1596) . to J. THE SECOND EDITION. xlix September, in 72° 25 N. latitude, did he again suc-ceed in reaching open water, thus, fortunately, es-caping a fate similar to that of Barendsz. The 3rd of October he sailed through BurroughStrait, and anchored on the 4th of November atHammerfest, thanking God for his prosperous voy-age. Thus Carlsen (like a true seaman) ends his log. News of the discovery, by Captain Elling Carlsen,of a great number of relics on the beach of Ice Har-bour, was soon spread in Hammerfest. In conse-quence, on the 12th of November, 1871, in theHammerfest newspaper called Finmarksposten, thereappeared a leading article entitled <c Captain EllingCarlsens Voyage around Novaya Zemlya. A de-tailed account was given in it of the old Dutch voy-ages towards the north-east. Notwithstanding somefaults, the article was in its main points correct, andproved that in the far North of Europe the expedi-tions of Barendsz had attained a legendary celebrity. About the discovery of the winter qu
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