Lewis Beaumont collection 1875-1922

Shackleton, Ernest Henry, 1874-1922

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Ernest Shackleton, leader of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition and part of two other Antarctic expeditions, acquired Polaris after her owner's financial trouble. Renamed Endurance after the Shackleton family motto Fortitudine vincimus (By Endurance we Conquer), she sailed intending to accomplish the first land crossing of the Antarctic continent. She departed for her final voyage on December 15, 1914 but progress was slow, averaging about 30 miles per day through pack ice. A month later, w...

British National Antarctic Expedition 1901-1904

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Scott, Robert Falcon, 1868-1912

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Darwin, Leonard, 1850-1943

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Leonard Darwin was born on 15 January 1850, fourth son of the naturalist Charles Darwin. He joined the Royal Engineers as a soldier in 1871 and became a Major in 1890, teaching at the School of Military Engineering at Chatham from 1877 to 1882. Being interested in various branches of science, he had been commissioned to carry out astronomical observations on the Transit of Venus expeditions of 1874 and 1882, and also to observe solar eclipses in distant countries. Darwin went on to ...

British Antarctic Expedition (1898-1900)

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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 ...

British Arctic Expedition 1875-1876

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Lewis Anthony Beaumont

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Lewis Anthony Beaumont was born on 19 May 1847. In 1860, he entered the Royal Navy and seven years later was promoted lieutenant, serving on the Australian Station from 1868 to 1871. After qualifying as gunnery lieutenant, he was appointed instructor during the torpedo experiments. He served as senior lieutenant in HMS Discovery on the British Arctic Expedition, 1875-1876 (leader George Strong Nares), sent by the Admiralty to attempt to reach the North Pole and to explore the coasts...

Cherry-Garrard, Apsley, 1886-1959

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A. Cherry-Garrard, 1886-1959, was the assistant zoologist on the British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-1913, led by Captain R. F. Scott. From the description of Scientific notes [manuscript]. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 225809723 ...

Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain)

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Beaumont Lewis Anthony 1847-1922

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