The Geographical Journal (Journal of the Royal Geographical Society): Volume X, No. 6 [‎79v] (11/186)

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Monday, December 6. Lieutenant Peary’s Arctic Explorations By Lieutenant
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toMvaya Zem.ya, By Colonel H. W. Feilden, Mr. F. G. JalZ, an” X Sd
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Ses also pp. vi. and viii.