America has been carried into effect will remove every doubt, and set aside every opinion of a north-west passage, or any water communication navigable for shipping, existing between the North Pacific and the interior of the American continent, within... The Naval Chronicle - Page 406edited by - 1799Full view - About this book
| 1834 - 602 pages
...which he reached on the 22nd of August, where he made the following remarks in his journal : — " The principal object which his majesty appears to...or any water communication navigable for shipping, ex* iating between the North Pacific and the interior of the American continent, within the limits... | |
| Robert Greenhow - 1840 - 250 pages
...that " the precision with which his survey of the coast of Northwest America had been conducted, would remove every doubt, and set aside every opinion of...or any water communication navigable for shipping between the north Pacific and the interior of the American continent, within the limits of his researches."... | |
| Robert Greenhow - 1844 - 514 pages
...Vancouver became well satisfied " that the precision with which his survey had been conducted would remove every doubt, and set aside every opinion of...or any water communication navigable for shipping, between the North Pacific and the interior of the American continent, within the limit of his researches."... | |
| Hubert Howe Bancroft - 1886 - 824 pages
...invested almost wholly with political aims.60 Failing in his quest, Vancouver at any rate was able to "remove every doubt, and set aside every opinion of...water communication navigable for shipping, existing within the north Pacific, and the interior of the American conti68 Comprised by Vancouver in King George... | |
| Hubert Howe Bancroft, Alfred Bates, Ivan Petroff, William Nemos - 1886 - 828 pages
...invested almost wholly with political aims.60 Failing in his quest, Vancouver at any rate was able to "remove every doubt, and set aside every opinion of...water communication navigable for shipping, existing within the north Pacific, and the interior of the American conti58 Comprised by Vancouver in King George... | |
| William Watson Woollen - 1924 - 352 pages
...satisfaction was scarcely ever more reciprocally experienced, or more cordially exchanged." He further says : "The principal object which His Majesty appears to...the precision with which the survey of the coast of northwest America has been carried into effect, will remove every doubt and set aside every opinion... | |
| James Wickersham - 1927 - 674 pages
...any. He was able to report to the English Admiralty that his very extensive and accurate examinations "remove every doubt, and set aside every opinion of...water communication navigable for shipping, existing within the North Pacific, and the interior of the American continent, within the limits of our researches."... | |
| Cook Inlet Historical Society, Anchorage Museum of History and Art - 1997 - 236 pages
...August 1794, as he completed three seasons of surveys on the Northwest Coast, is weary in its finality: I trust the precision with which the survey of the...communication navigable for shipping, existing between the North Pacific, and the interior of the American continent, within the limits of our researches. The... | |
| John Logan Allen - 1997 - 498 pages
...barrier" blocked all channels leading eastward.271 Vancouver concluded that his "minute examination" would "remove every doubt, and set aside every opinion of a north-west passage, or any other water communication navigable for shipping, existing between the North Pacific, and the interior... | |
| Glyndwr Williams - 1999 - 364 pages
...successors. It is there in Vancouver's journal entry of August 1794, almost weary in its finality: 'I trust the precision with which the survey of the...set aside every opinion of a north-west passage'. v It is found again in Flinders's promise to Banks: 'My greatest ambition is to make such a minute... | |
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