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Excerpt from De Bow's Review of the Southern and Western States, 1852, Vol. 13: Devoted to Commerce, Agriculture, Manufacture, Internal Improvements, Statistics, General Literature, Etc
We cannot but express our high admiration of the energy and perseverance with which the English have redoubled, from time to time, their exertions to make out the long-wished-for passage; though at the same time, we must say, that we have ever been skep tical in regard to the practical utility of such a north-west passage to India, should it ever be discovered. The extreme high latitude in which it will be found, if found at all, Will render it quite unavailable for commercial, and still more so for traveling purposes. Sucha passage would not be open for navigation more than two months in a year; and, judging from all past experience of navigators in those seas, the imminent dangers of a voyage by that route would prevent any attempts to make it a medium for commerce. What good, then, is to result to the world from the discovery of a north-west passage to India?
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