Henry Rea collection 1832-1833

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Henry Rea collection 1832-1833

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Scott Polar Research Institute

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Scott Polar Research Institute

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British Expedition Antarctic regions 1833-1834

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Hopefull (Brig)

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Brisbane Mathew d 1833

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Rose (Ship : 1828-1845)

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Whaling vessel, out of Nantucket, Mass., mastered by Benjamin Coleman; owner: Simeon Starbuck. From the description of Accounts, 1839. (Nantucket Hist Association). WorldCat record id: 71013633 Whaling vessel, out of Nantucket, Mass., mastered by Benjamin A. Coleman; owner-agent: Simeon Starbuck. From the description of Log/journal, 1837 Nov. 10-1841 May 29 [microform]. (Nantucket Hist Association). WorldCat record id: 71013919 Whaling vessel, out of Nan...

Messrs Enderby

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Biscoe, John, 1794-1843.

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Rea Henry b 1804

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Rea, Henry

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Henry Rea was born circa 1804. In 1833, he was serving in the Royal Navy when he was appointed by the Admiralty to assist John Biscoe in his scientific investigations on a proposed voyage to the Antarctic in the brig, Hopefull, commissioned by the Messrs Enderby. Perhaps because of ill health, Biscoe eventually withdrew and decided to return to seafaring in warmer latitudes. Messrs Enderby then appointed William Lysle as commander of Hopefull, accompanied by John Tobias Mallows in Rose . Setting...