His majesty soon after his accession to the crown formed a design of sending out vessels for making discoveries of countries hitherto unknown; and in the year 1764 the kingdom being then in a state of profound peace he proceeded to put it ...

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In determining upon an era for the commencement of this work, Kerr was led, from a consideration of the accidental discovery of Iceland by the Norwegians in the ninth century, to adopt that period as the beginning of the series, both ...