 | Peter De Roo - 1900 - 658 oldal
...in the year 825, his precious work, " De Mensura Orbis Terrae" or The World's Measurement. He says, "There are many other islands in the ocean north of Britain, which, from the British isles, can be reached in two days and nights by sailing in a straight line, with a... | |
 | Fridtjof Nansen - 1911 - 408 oldal
...nothing new. But of the unknown islands in the northern ocean he writes [7, 3] : "There are many more islands in the ocean north of Britain, which can be reached from the northern British Isles in two days' and two nights' direct sailing with full sail and a favourable wind. A trustworthy... | |
 | Knut Gjerset - 1924 - 512 oldal
...island, the sun would probably never have been hidden." About the Faroe Islands he says: "There are still other islands in the ocean north of Britain which can be reached from the northern British Isles in two days' and two nights' straight sail with full sails and a steady favorable wind.... | |
 | Royal Society of Canada - 1921 - 608 oldal
...for these discoveries. Writing in 825, and speaking, it would seem certain, of the Faroes, he says: There are many other islands in the ocean north of Britain, which can be reached from the northern British Isles in two days' and two nights' direct sailing with full sail and a favourable wind. A certain... | |
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Thule] in the ocean to the north of Britain which can be reached from the northern islands of Britain in a direct voyage of two days and nights with sails filled with a continuously favourable wind. A devout priest told me that in two summer days and... 