George Curzon collection 1911-1914
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Shackleton, Ernest Henry, 1874-1922
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Ernest Shackleton, leader of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition and part of two other Antarctic expeditions, acquired Polaris after her owner's financial trouble. Renamed Endurance after the Shackleton family motto Fortitudine vincimus (By Endurance we Conquer), she sailed intending to accomplish the first land crossing of the Antarctic continent. She departed for her final voyage on December 15, 1914 but progress was slow, averaging about 30 miles per day through pack ice. A month later, w...
Curzon, George Nathaniel, , 1859-1925
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George Nathaniel Curzon was born at Kedleston Hall, Derbyshire, in 1859. He was educated at Eton College and Balliol College, Oxford. In 1885, he was appointed assistant private secretary to the Marquis of Salisbury and in the same year contested the parliamentary seat for South Derbyshire. In 1886, he was elected Conservative Member of Parliament for the Southport division of Lancashire, serving between 1891 and 1892 as under-secretary of state for India, and from 1895 to 1898, as ...
Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition Weddell Sea 1914-1916
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British Antarctic Expedition (1898-1900)
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Curzon of Kedleston, George Nathaniel Curzon, Marquess, 1859-1925
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George Nathaniel Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston (1859-1925) was a British politician and conservative. He held a number of important government offices at home and in the colonies, including Viceroy of India (1899-1905) and Foreign Secretary (1919-1924). From the guide to the George Curzon Letter, Undated, (Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries) First Marquis Curzon of Kedleston. From the description of Letters, 1895-1925. (...
Scott, Robert Falcon, 1868-1912
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Epithet: Captain British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001512.0x00006d ...
