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Identifier: voyageofvegaroun00nord (find matches)
Title: The voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe; with a historical review of previous journeys along the north coast of the Old World
Year: 1882 (1880s)
Authors: Nordenskiöld, A. E. (Adolf Erik), 1832-1901 Leslie, Alexander
Subjects: Vega (Ship)
Publisher: New York, Macmillan and Co.
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I had re-ceived repeated invitations to visit along with my companionsthe birt.hplace of Pytheas, the first Polar explorer and thediscoverer of the Scandinavian Peninsula. With great reluct-ance I was compelled to decline this invitation. We had tohasten home, and I wished to save some days for a visit to thefatherland of Henry the Navigator and Vasco DA Gam A. We sailed through the Straits of Gibraltar on the 9th March,and anchored in the harbour of Lisbon on the 11th March at2 P.M. The following day we made an excursion to thebeautiful palace of Cintra, situated about five Portuguese milesfrom the capital. On Saturday we were received in audienceby the King, Dom Luiz, of Portugal, who, a seaman himself,appeared to take a great interest in the voyage of the Vega.Later in the day the Swedish minister in Lisbon gave a 1 An accident also hajipened during the first half of the expedition, thesteersman, in backing among drift-ice, having been thrown over the wheeland hurt very seriously.
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THE OFFICEIIS OF THE VEGA. E. Bruzcwitz.G. Bove. A. HoTgaaid. 732 THE VOYAGE OF THE VEGA. (chap. dinner, to which were invited the President of the PortugueseCouncil, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, the members of theDiplomatic Corps, and others, ending in the evening with agrand reception. On Monday the 15th we were present byspecial invitation at a meeting of the Geographical Society, atwhich the newly-returned African travellers, Brito-Capelloand IVEN, gave addresses. Here I had besides the great pleasureof meeting the famous African traveller, Major Serpa Pinto.The King at the same time honoured us with decorations, andat its meeting on the 10th March the Portuguese Chamber ofDeputies resolved, on the motion of the Deputies Ennesand Alfredo, to express its welcome and good wishes in acongratulatory address to the Vega men. We weighed anclior again on the 15th March. We werefavoured at first with a fresh breeze and made rapid progress,but at the entrance to the Channel we met with

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