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map from "The Polar Regions of the Western Continent explored: embracing a geographical account of Iceland, Greenland, the islands of the frozen sea, and the northern parts of the American Continent ... Together with the adventures, discoveries, dangers, and trials of Parry, Franklin, Lyon, and other navigators, in those regions"

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This image has been taken from scan 000008 from "The Polar Regions of the Western Continent explored: embracing a geographical account of Iceland, Greenland, the islands of the frozen sea, and the northern parts of the American Continent ... Together with the adventures, discoveries, dangers, and trials of Parry, Franklin, Lyon, and other navigators, in those regions". The title and subject terms of this image have been generated from tags, created by users of the British Library's flickr photostream.

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map polar polar regions western continent western continent account iceland greenland islands sea parts american american continent adventures discoveries dangers trials parry franklin lyon navigators america france high resolution geography plan settlement