Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Colophon
- PREFACE
- Contents
- PART FIRST
- INTRODUCTION
- CHAPTER I ANTE-COLUMBIAN PERIOD—B.C. 52–A.D. 1494
- CHAPTER II A.D. 1492–1527
- CHAPTER III VOYAGES TO THE NORTH-EAST FROM ENGLAND—A.D. 1548–1580
- CHAPTER IV DUTCH NORTH-EASTERN VOYAGES—A.D. 1594–1597
- CHAPTER V ENGLISH NORTH-WEST VOYAGES—A.D. 1576–1636
- CHAPTER VI AMERICAN CONTINENT, ETC.—A.D. 1668–1790
- CHAPTER VII RUSSIAN VOYAGES ALONG THE SIBERIAN COAST—A.D. 1598–1843
- CHAPTER VIII NINETEENTH CENTURY—ENGLAND—A.D 1817–1845
- CHAPTER IX NINETEENTH CENTURY—(continued)—SIR JOHN FRANKLIN
- CHAPTER X SEARCHING EXPEDITIONS—A.D. 1847–1859
- CHAPTER XI SPITZBERGEN
- CHAPTER XII CURRENTS OF THE POLAR SEAS
- CHAPTER XIII ICE
- CHAPTER XIV WINDS
- CHAPTER XV TEMPERATURE
- CHAPTER XVI VEGETATION
- CHAPTER XVII ZOOLOGY
- CHAPTER XVIII GEOLOGY
- CHAPTER XIX ESKIMOS
- CHAPTER XX SAMOYEDS
- CHAPTER XXI LAPLANDERS OF YUGRIAN ORIGIN
- PART SECOND
- POSTSCRIPT LETTER OF DON PEDRO DE AYALA ON THE VOYAGE OF JOHN CABOT IN 1497
- Map
- INDEX
CHAPTER XVI - VEGETATION
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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 June 2015
- Frontmatter
- Colophon
- PREFACE
- Contents
- PART FIRST
- INTRODUCTION
- CHAPTER I ANTE-COLUMBIAN PERIOD—B.C. 52–A.D. 1494
- CHAPTER II A.D. 1492–1527
- CHAPTER III VOYAGES TO THE NORTH-EAST FROM ENGLAND—A.D. 1548–1580
- CHAPTER IV DUTCH NORTH-EASTERN VOYAGES—A.D. 1594–1597
- CHAPTER V ENGLISH NORTH-WEST VOYAGES—A.D. 1576–1636
- CHAPTER VI AMERICAN CONTINENT, ETC.—A.D. 1668–1790
- CHAPTER VII RUSSIAN VOYAGES ALONG THE SIBERIAN COAST—A.D. 1598–1843
- CHAPTER VIII NINETEENTH CENTURY—ENGLAND—A.D 1817–1845
- CHAPTER IX NINETEENTH CENTURY—(continued)—SIR JOHN FRANKLIN
- CHAPTER X SEARCHING EXPEDITIONS—A.D. 1847–1859
- CHAPTER XI SPITZBERGEN
- CHAPTER XII CURRENTS OF THE POLAR SEAS
- CHAPTER XIII ICE
- CHAPTER XIV WINDS
- CHAPTER XV TEMPERATURE
- CHAPTER XVI VEGETATION
- CHAPTER XVII ZOOLOGY
- CHAPTER XVIII GEOLOGY
- CHAPTER XIX ESKIMOS
- CHAPTER XX SAMOYEDS
- CHAPTER XXI LAPLANDERS OF YUGRIAN ORIGIN
- PART SECOND
- POSTSCRIPT LETTER OF DON PEDRO DE AYALA ON THE VOYAGE OF JOHN CABOT IN 1497
- Map
- INDEX
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- The Polar Regions , pp. 263 - 273Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2014First published in: 1861