Joseph Wiggins collection 1876

British Kara Sea Route Trading Expedition Russian Arctic 1894-1895

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British Kara Sea Route Expedition Russian Arctic 1876-1877

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British Kara Sea Route Trading Expedition Russian Arctic 1889

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Wiggins, Joseph, 1832-1905

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Joseph Wiggins was born in Norwich in 1832. He joined his uncle Joseph Potts in Sunderland in 1847 where Potts was a ship owner. At the age of 27 Wiggins was master of Victoria the second largest steamer in the world. Wiggins became interested in the possibilities of opening up a northern sea route to Russia. From 1874 onwards he sailed north in a variety of vessels with this in mind. He commanded the British Kara Sea Expedition, 1874, 1875, 1876-1877, the British Kara S...

British Kara Sea Route Trading Expedition Russian Arctic 1887

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Wiggins, Joseph, 1832-1905

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Joseph Wiggins was born in Norwich in 1832. He joined his uncle Joseph Potts in Sunderland in 1847 where Potts was a ship owner. At the age of 27 Wiggins was master of Victoria the second largest steamer in the world. Wiggins became interested in the possibilities of opening up a northern sea route to Russia. From 1874 onwards he sailed north in a variety of vessels with this in mind. He commanded the British Kara Sea Expedition, 1874, 1875, 1876-1877, the British Kara S...

British Russian Kara Sea Route Trading Expedition Russian Arctic 1893

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British Kara Sea Route Expedition Russian Arctic 1874

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British Kara Sea Route Trading Expedition Russian Arctic 1878

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British Kara Sea Route Expedition Russian Arctic 1895-1896

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British Kara Sea Trading Route Expedition Russian Arctic 1888

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British Kara Sea Route Expedition Russian Arctic 1875

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Smith, Benjamin Leigh, 1828-1913

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Benjamin Leigh Smith was born on 12 March 1828 at Whatlington, Sussex. He was educated at the Nonconformist Bruce Castle School and, in 1848, was elected a pensioner of Jesus College, Cambridge, becoming the first dissenter to receive a BA degree. He was called to the bar at the Inner Temple in 1856, but never practised. Smith embarked on his first voyage to the Arctic in 1871 when he sailed in the ketch Samson to Svalbard on the British Exploring Expedition, reaching la...