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Definition of Northwest passage
1. Noun. A water route between the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean along the northern coast of North America; Europeans since the 16th century had searched for a short route to the Far East before it was successfully traversed by Roald Amundsen (1903-1906).
Definition of Northwest passage
1. Proper noun. Sea route through the Arctic Ocean, connecting the Atlantic and the Pacific Ocean. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Northwest Passage
Literary usage of Northwest passage
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Physical Geography of the Sea by Matthew Fontaine Maury (1855)
"How the Existence of a northwest Passage was proved by the Whales, 280.—Other
Evidence in Favor of it, 281.—An under Current sets into the Arctic Ocean, ..."
2. The Library of American Biography by Jared Sparks (1854)
"Henry the Seventh grants a Patent for the Discovery of a northwest passage.
— Discovery of the American Continent. — Cabot penetrates Hudson's Bay. ..."
3. Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by William B. Dana (1840)
"Three Voyages for the Discovery of a northwest passage from the At- lantic to
the Pacific ; and Narrative of an attempt to reach the North Pole. ..."
4. Readings in English History Drawn from the Original Sources: Intended to by Edward Potts Cheyney (1922)
"COMMERCE AND EXPLORATIONS The voyage of Martin Frobisher with three vessels in
search of the northwest passage in 1576 was the first of a long series of ..."
5. History of New Netherland by Edmund Bailey O'Callaghan (1855)
"... patronised by the Dutch East India Company—Sails from Amsterdam, in the Half
Moon, on a voyage in search of a northwest passage to China and India. ..."
6. The American Colonies in the Seventeenth Century by Herbert Levi Osgood (1904)
"... their half- brother Raleigh was associated with them — were specially interested
in the discovery of a northwest passage to Cathay and the East Indies. ..."
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