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The Three Voyages of William Barents to the Arctic Regions (1594, 1595, and 1596)

Note 119 — THE FYRST PART OF THE NAUIGATION INTO THE NORTH SEAS.

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Schans hoeck. “Barrow (p. 141) calls this headland Sion’s Point.”—Lütke, p. 20. This is clearly a clerical or typographical error for “Sconce Point”, of a character similar to that in the first (Paris) edition of the Histoire Générale des Voyages, cited by Barrow, p. 139, whereby “Baie de Loms”—Lomsbay—is converted into “Baie de St. Louis!” ↑

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