Joseph Kay collection 1828-1847

Ross, James Clark, Sir, 1800-1862

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Entered the navy in 1812 and accompanied W. E. Parry in four expeditions in Arctic regions. In 1831 Ross discovered the magnetic pole. Commanded Antarctic expedition, 1839-1842. From the description of Letters [manuscript]. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 225765387 Epithet: Captain; RN British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000161.0x0001ed Epithet: Captain; RN Knight 1843 Br...

Franklin, John, 1786-1847

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British explorer, credited with discovery of Northwest Passage; died on his third arctic expedition, 1847. From the description of ALS, 1827 Nov. 29, London, to Catherine Franklin, Nottingham. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122489346 Sir John Franklin, British naval officer and Arctic explorer. From the description of Sir John Franklin manuscript material : 2 items, 1819-1823 (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 226044023 ...

Chanticleer (Ship)

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British Naval Expedition Antarctic regions 1828-1831

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Foster, Henry, 1796-1831

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Kay Joseph Henry

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Wilkes, Charles, 1798-1877

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Wilkes was a career U.S. naval officer who, as captain of the San Jacinto, provoked the Trent Affair in 1861. From the description of Letter, November 1861. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 61770003 Charles Wilkes, American naval officer and explorer, was born on April 3, 1798 in New York, NY. He surveyed Narragansett Bay in 1832-1833, which led to his appointment to a depot of charts and instruments, which later became the Naval Observatory. In 18...

Joseph W (Henry) Kay

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Joseph W (Henry) Kay served as midshipman on the British Naval Expedition, 1828-1831, on board Chanticleer . The expedition visited Isla de los Estados, and the South Shetland Islands to make pendulum and magnetic observations on Deception Island. Deception Island was charted and the expedition made surveys of Isla de los Estados and southern Tierra del Fuego. Maximum and minimum thermometers were left at Port Foster, Deception, Island, which were later collected by the United State...

British Naval Expedition Antarctic regions 1839-1843

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