Edward Parry collection 1830-1859

Parry, Edward

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Epithet: of Add MS 38409 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001193.0x00037d Epithet: of Add MS 37951 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001193.0x00037c Epithet: of the East India Company British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001123.0x0000aa Epithet: Bish...

Parry, William Edward, Sir, 1790-1855

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Sir (William) Edward Parry: b 1790; entered Royal Navy 1803; Lt 1810; in 1818 he commanded the ALEXANDER, a hired brig under the orders of Captain John Ross in his expedition to the Arctic; in 1819 he was appointed to the HECLA, in command of an expedition to discover the north-west passage; promoted Commander, 1820 and Captain 1821; led a further three expeditions to the Arctic, 1821-1825; Hydrographer to the Admiralty, 1825; led a further expedition to the North Pole, 1827, reaching further no...

Cracroft, Sophia, 1816-1892

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Epithet: niece of Sir J Franklin British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000561.0x0001f2 Sophia Cracroft accompanied her aunt, Lady Jane Franklin, on a trip to Sitka in 1870 on the vessel Newbern, to search for her husband Sir John Franklin's lost expedition. From the description of Journal kept during trip to Alaska by Sophia Cracroft, 1870 May 12 to June 14. (Alaska State Library). WorldCat record id: 420...

Parry, Edward, 1830-1890

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Ross, John, Sir, 1777-1856

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English admiral and arctic explorer. From the description of Autograph letter signed : to John Murray, Esq., [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270657697 Sir John Ross (1777-1856) was a British naval officer and Arctic explorer. After volunteering for the Royal Navy at the age of nine and rising to the rank of Commander in the Napoleonic Wars, Ross led an 1818 expedition in search of the Northwest Passage. He also headed two later, privately funded, voyages of exploratio...

Franklin Jane 1792-1875

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