George Mecham collection 1851-1854

Nares, George S. (George Strong), 1831-1915

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Epithet: Judge of Common Pleas British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000295.0x00020f ...

Austin Horatio Thomas d 1865

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Markham, Clements R. (Clements Robert), Sir, 1830-1916

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Markham was the secretary to the Royal Geographical Society at the time of this letter. From the description of Correspondence to Daniel Garrison Brinton, 1885. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 226054113 1844 joined the Royal Navy as a cadet, sailed on HMS Collingwood to South America; 1850 transferred to the Arctic squadron; 1850-1851 sailed on the Assistance in search of Captain Sir John Franklin; 1852-1853 explored and researched in P...

Allen Robert Calder 1812-1903

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Elliott James Edward 1813-1865

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Lyall, David, 1817-1895

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British Naval Franklin Search Expedition Canada Arctic Archipelago 1852-1854

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Richards, G. H. (George Henry)

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Epithet: Admiral British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001129.0x00024e George Henry Richards was born ca. 1819 in Cornwall. In 1832, he entered the Royal Navy, serving first in the West Indies and then on a survey expedition to the Pacific in HMS Sulphur under Frederick William Beechey, who was later replaced by Edward Belcher. While on the Pacific Station, Richards participated in the First China War, r...

Belcher, Edward, Sir, 1799-1877

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M'Clintock, Francis Leopold, Sir, 1819-1907

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Back, George, Sir, 1796-1878

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Ommanney Erasmus 1814-1904

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Cator John Bertie b 1820

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Osborn, Sherard, 1822-1875

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Mecham George Frederick 1828-1858

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British Naval Franklin Search Expedition Canada Arctic Archipelago 1850-1851

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George Frederick Mecham

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George Frederick Mecham was born in 1828 at the Cove of Cork [Cobh], Ireland. He entered the Navy in 1841, serving as midshipman in the Pacific between 1846 and 1848 and attaining the rank of acting lieutenant in 1849. In 1850, he was appointed third lieutenant in HMS Assistance (Erasmus Ommanney), on the British Naval Franklin Search Expedition, 1850-1851 (leader Horatio Austin), sent by the Admiralty to search for the missing Northwest Passage expedition by way of Baffin Bay and L...