Iceland, though it lies so far to the north that it is partly within the Arctic Circle, is, like Norway, Scotland, and Ireland, affected by the Gulf Stream, so that considerable portions of it are quite habitable. — Harry Johnston Copy Share Image
As soon as the news of the Cabot voyages reached the King of Portugal he arranged to send an expedition of discovery to the far north-west, perhaps to find a northern sea route to Eastern Asia. — Harry Johnston Copy Share Image
Nova Scotia as a British colony also came into being as another result of these adventurous British expeditions to North America in the reign… — Harry Johnston Copy Share Image
Iceland, though it lies so far to the north that it is partly within the Arctic Circle, is, like Norway, Scotland, and Ireland, affected… — Harry Johnston Copy Share Image
Long after this wonderful event in the Earth's history, when the human species was spread over a good deal of Asia, Europe, and Africa,… — Harry Johnston Copy Share Image
As soon as the news of the Cabot voyages reached the King of Portugal he arranged to send an expedition of discovery to the… — Harry Johnston Copy Share Image
As the winter set in with its customary Canadian severity the real trouble of the French began. They did not suffer from the cold,… — Harry Johnston Copy Share Image
