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Maritime enterprise, 1485-1558

Note 293 — Chapter XII · THE NORTH-EAST PASSAGE AND THE WHITE SEA

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Purchas, xiii. 6, thinks that Spitzbergen was the land found. The lowest point of Spitzbergen is in 76½°. It is impossible that Willoughby could have committed such a serious error in latitude.latitude. Moreover, Spitzbergen is due north of Senjen.

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