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See also:BOOTHIA (Boothia See also:Felix) , a See also:peninsula of See also:British See also:North See also:America, belonging to See also:Franklin See also:district, and having an See also:area of 13,100 sq. m., between 69° 30' and 710 50' N. and 91° 30' and 97° W. Its northernmost promontory, See also:Murchison Point, is also the northernmost point of the See also:American mainland. It was discovered by See also:Captain (afterwards See also:Sir See also:- JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
James) See also:Ross, during. his expedition of 1829-1833, and was named after Sir Felix See also:Booth, who had been chiefly instrumental in fitting out the expedition. Boothia forms the western See also:side of Boothia Gulf. From the See also:main See also:mass of the See also:continent the peninsula is almost. separated by lakes and inlets; and a narrow channel known as See also:Bellot Strait intervenes between it and North See also:Somerset See also:Island, which was discovered by Sir E. See also:Parry in 1819. The peninsula is not only interesting for its connexion with the Franklin expedition and the Franklin See also:search, but is of scientific importance from the north magnetic See also:pole having been first distinctly localized here ,by Ross, on the western side, in 7o° 5' N., 96° 47' W.
Boothia Gulf separates the north-western portion of See also:Baffin See also:Land and See also:Melville Peninsula from Boothia Peninsula. It is connected with See also:Barrow Strait and See also:Lancaster. See also:Sound by See also:Prince See also:Regent Inlet, with Franklin Strait by Bellot Strait, and with See also:Fox Channel by Fury and Hecla Strait. The See also:principal bays are See also:Committee and Pelly in the See also:southern portion, and See also:Lord See also:Mayor in the western.
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