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veries have brought to light; so that there seems 

 to be no reason his conjectures should have any 

 weight to deter us from prosecuting attempts on 

 this side, even though they should still continue to 

 prove, in several instances, as they have hitherto 

 done, abortive."* 



CAPTAIN DANELL. 1652. 



Frederick ITT. king of Denmark, in the year 

 1652, commanded Captain Danell to undertake 

 an expedition to discover East Greenland. He set 

 sail from Copenhagen on the 8th of May, 1652, 

 with two vessels, and proceeded to the north of 

 Iceland. Then taking a westerly course, he per- 

 ceived the coast of Greenland on the 2d of June, 

 at the distance of about thirty miles, in lat. 64° 50'; 

 but could not approach it nearer on account of 

 the ice. In the N. E. at about three miles dis- 

 tance, they saw two small islands, which they 

 named Hvidsolen and Mastelos Skib. On the 4th 

 they again saw land, which was very high, and 

 appeared to be covered with ice. This land was 

 about thirty-two miles from them ; they sailed 

 among some little islands ; the ice extended from 

 the coast eighteen or twenty miles into the sea. 

 On the 6th of June they saw five small islands in 

 lat. 65"", when fourteen miles distance from them ; 



* Harris s Collect, of Voy. and Travels^ vol. ii. p. 428. 



