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
