Sir Edward Sabine collection 1819-1858

British Naval Northwest Passage Expedition Canada 1819-1820

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Sabine, Edward, Sir, 1788-1883

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Edward Sabine was born in 1788 and joined the Royal Artillery in 1803. While stationed on the Niagara frontier of Canada he began his studies into natural history, which were eventually to encompass ornithology, meteorology and the study of terrestrial magnetism. The latter study was his particular specialism and led to his attachment to the Arctic expeditions of John Ross (1777-1856) in the Isabella (1818) and Edward Parry (1790-1855) in the Hecla (1819-1820). During his long career he rose to ...

Grimstone Charlotte

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British Naval Northwest Passage Expedition Greenland 1818

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British Naval Scientific Expedition Svalbard 1823

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Clavering Douglas 1794-1827

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Sir Edward Sabine

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Edward Sabine was born on 14 October 1788 in Dublin, Ireland. He was educated at the Royal Military Academy at Woolwich, receiving a commission as second lieutenant in the Royal Artillery in December 1803. Promoted second captain in 1813, he served in the war with the United States, participating at the siege of Fort Erie in Canada. In 1818, he was appointed astronomer on the British Naval Northwest Passage Expedition (leader John Ross), sailing in HMS Isabella on his first Arctic e...

Alexander (Warship) 1818

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Parry, William Edward, Sir, 1790-1855

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Sir (William) Edward Parry: b 1790; entered Royal Navy 1803; Lt 1810; in 1818 he commanded the ALEXANDER, a hired brig under the orders of Captain John Ross in his expedition to the Arctic; in 1819 he was appointed to the HECLA, in command of an expedition to discover the north-west passage; promoted Commander, 1820 and Captain 1821; led a further three expeditions to the Arctic, 1821-1825; Hydrographer to the Admiralty, 1825; led a further expedition to the North Pole, 1827, reaching further no...

Richardson, John, Sir, 1787-1865

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Ross, John, Sir, 1777-1856

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English admiral and arctic explorer. From the description of Autograph letter signed : to John Murray, Esq., [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270657697 Sir John Ross (1777-1856) was a British naval officer and Arctic explorer. After volunteering for the Royal Navy at the age of nine and rising to the rank of Commander in the Napoleonic Wars, Ross led an 1818 expedition in search of the Northwest Passage. He also headed two later, privately funded, voyages of exploratio...

Isabella (Warship) 1818

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North Georgia Gazette and Winter Chronicle

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Liddon Mathew d 1869

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