Scottish Geographical Magazine, Volume 10Royal Scottish Geographical Society., 1894 - Electronic journals |
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Page 455 - The increase of our revenue is the subject of our care, as much as our trade : — 'tis that must maintain our force, when twenty accidents may interrupt our trade: 'tis that must make us a nation in India...
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Page 373 - That whenever the summit of the mountains which extend in a direction parallel to the coast from the 56th degree of north latitude to the point of intersection of the 141st degree of west longitude shall prove to be at the distance of more than ten marine leagues from the ocean, the limit between the British possessions and the line of coast which is to belong to Russia, as above mentioned...
Page 455 - ... tis that must make us a nation in India ; without that we are but as a great number of interlopers, united by His Majesty's royal charter, fit only to trade where nobody of power thinks it their interest to prevent us ; and upon this account it is that the wise Dutch, in all their general advices which we have seen, write ten paragraphs concerning their government, their civil and military policy, warfare, and the increase of their revenue, for one paragraph they write concerning trade.
Page 373 - Greenwich,) the said line shall ascend to the north along the channel called Portland Channel, as far as the point of the continent where it strikes the...
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Page 60 - Had it been possible to have found a place of security upon any part of this coast where we might have wintered in sight of the brilliant burning mountain (Erebus), and at so short a distance from the magnetic pole ; both of these interesting spots might easily have been reached by travelling parties in the following Spring. It was, however, some satisfaction to know that we had approached the pole some hundreds of miles nearer than any of our predecessors.