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Xew York, New Jersey, and Maryland passed 

 resolutions applauding the results of the Expedi- 

 tion; while from the Legislature of New York, 

 from the Geographical Society of London, and from 

 the sovereign of Great Britain, Dr. Kane received 

 gold medals as tokens of their admiration for his 

 services and achievements. 



The question here very naturally suggests itself: 

 What were the actual results produced by Dr. Kane's 

 second expedition ? These results can be ascertained 

 most accurately by a careful examination of the 

 elaborate Chart which was published in connection 

 with his narrative, and by comparing its novelties 

 and improvements with the charts which had pre- 

 viously existed. By such a scrutiny we learn (1) 

 That Dr. Kane explored the northern face of Green- 

 land, where it is united with the northern extremity 

 of the opposite coast by the Great Glacier of Hum- 

 boldt. (2.) He carefully examined this remarkable 

 and unfamiliar wonder of the Arctic zone ; which, 

 as we have seen on a preceding page, presents an 

 unbroken front of sixty miles. (3.) He discovered 

 and described the most northern extremity and pro- 

 jection of the American Continent. (4.) He dis- 

 covered and examined the coast of "Washington 

 Land, which is separated from the American Con- 

 tinent by a channel thirty-five miles in width. (5.) 



