North-west Passage, a route for ships from the Atlantic to the Pacific by the north of America. The North-east Passage is that by the north of Asia. See POLAR EXPLORATION, ARCTIC OCEAN, FRANKLIN (SIR JOHN), NORDENSKIÖLD.
North-west Passage
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 7: Maltebrun to Pearson, p. 527
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