John Philip Rolleston collection 1887

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John Philip Rolleston collection 1887

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Expedition material (1 sheet)

Scott Polar Research Institute

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Scott Polar Research Institute

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Rolleston John Philip 1859-1936

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Royalist (Ship)

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British Naval Expedition Gough Island 1886-1887

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John Philip Rolleston

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John Philip Rolleston was born in 1859. He served in HMS Royalist on the British Naval Voyage, 1886-1887 (leader George Hand), making a sketch survey of Gough Island. In 1895, he served as lieutenant in HMS Active on the British Royal Naval Training Squadron Expedition (leader George L Atkinson), visiting Spitsbergen to conduct surveys, take photographs and examine the glaciers in the area. Rolleston returned to the Antarctic in 1901, leading the British Naval Voyage in HMS Archer, in which he v...