 | 1847 - 610 pages
...anything except the summit of a lofly range of mountains, extending to the southward as far as the 79th degree of latitude. These mountains, being the southernmost...William Edward Parry, RN, in grateful remembrance of the honor he conferred upon me, by calling the northernmost known land on the globe by my name. . . . Whether... | |
 | 1847 - 640 pages
...beyond it we could not imagine ; for being much higher than our mast's head, we could not see anything except the summit of a lofty range of mountains, extending to the southward as far as the 7!)th degree of latitude. These mountains, being the southernmost land hitherto discovered, I felt... | |
 | Charles Tomlinson - 1848 - 214 pages
...and without any fissures or promontories on its even seaward face ; nothing could be seen beyond it except the summit of a lofty range of mountains, extending to the southward as far as the 79th degree of latitude. These mountains were named after Captain Sir WE Parry. This obstruction was... | |
 | John Stilwell Jenkins - 1853 - 534 pages
...only be guessed at, for the ice being much higher than the mast-heads, they could not see anything except the summit of a lofty range of mountains, extending...southward as far as the seventyninth degree of latitude, and to which the name of the Parry Mountains was given. If the coast line corresponds with the direction... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1917 - 688 pages
...beyond it we could not imagine ; for being much higher than our mast-head, we could not see anything except the summit of a lofty range of mountains extending...southward as far as the seventy-ninth degree of latitude. . . . ' It was an obstruction of such a character as to leave no doubt upon my mind as to our future... | |
 | Charles Tomlinson - 1872 - 392 pages
...and without any fissures or promontories on its even seaward face ; nothing could be seen beyond it except the summit of a lofty range of mountains, extending to the southward as far as the 79th degree of latitude. These mountains were named after Captain Sir WE Parry. This obstruction was... | |
 | Josiah Dwight Whitney - 1882 - 450 pages
...beyond it we could not imagine ; for being much higher than our mast-head, we could not see anything except the summit of a lofty range of mountains extending...hitherto discovered, I felt great satisfaction in naming * 1. c., Vol. I. pp. 195, 196. t 1. c., Vol. I. pp. 205, 206. after Sir Edward Parry Whether ' Parry... | |
 | George Frederick Wright - 1889 - 704 pages
...beyond it we could not imagine ; for, being much higher than our mast-head, we could not see anything except the summit of a lofty range of mountains extending...discovered, I felt great satisfaction in naming after Sir Edward Parry. . . . Whether Parry Mountains again take an easterly trending and form the base to... | |
 | George Frederick Wright, Warren Upham - 1889 - 662 pages
...beyond it we could not imagine ; for, being much higher than our mast-head, we could npt see anything except the summit of a lofty range of mountains extending...mountains, being the southernmost land hitherto discovered, 1 felt great satisfaction in naming after Sir Edward Parry. . . . Whether Parry Mountains again take... | |
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... feet above the level of the sea, perfectly flat and level at the top, and without any fissures or promontories on its even seaward face. What was beyond it we could not imagine ; for, being much higher than our mast-head, we could not see anything... 
