Joris Carolus, Discoverer of Edge Island Author(s): Martin Conway Source: The Geographical Journal, Vol. 17, No. 6 (Jun., 1901), pp. 623-632 Published by: geographicalj Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/1775214 Accessed: 27-06-2016 04:21 UTC Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use, available at http://about.jstor.org/terms JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars, researchers, and students discover, use, and build upon a wide range of content in a trusted digital archive. We use information technology and tools to increase productivity and facilitate new forms of scholarship. For more information about JSTOR, please contact
[email protected]. The Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers), Wiley are collaborating with JSTOR to digitize, preserve and extend access to The Geographical Journal This content downloaded from 198.91.37.2 on Mon, 27 Jun 2016 04:21:39 UTC All use subject to http://about.jstor.org/terms JORIS CAROLUS, DISCOVERER OF EDGE ISLAND. 623 the anthropogeographer of the influence of physical environment, for nowhere else in modern times has that progressive Anglo-Saxon race been so long and so completely subjected to retarding conditions; and at no other time could the ensuing result present so startling a contrast to the achievement of the same race elsewhere as in this progressive twentieth century. JORIS CAROLUS, DISCOVERER OF EDGE ISLAND. A FORGOTTEN ARCTIC EXPLORER. By Sir MARTIN CONWAY. IN the year 1614 one Joris Carolus claimed to have reached lat. 83? N.