Autograph album, 1824-1900.

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Autograph album, 1824-1900.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/42929992

Album containing autographs of prominent person, many of whom were arctic explorers. Album has signatures of L.C. Bernacci, A.H. Markham, Clements Markham, Fridtjof Nansen, A.E. Nordenskiöld, R.F. Scott, and Sir Ernest Henry Schackleton. Lists of names included among the autographs are laid in.

1 v. ; 1 box (0.2 ft.)

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SNAC Resource ID: 7489810

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Shackleton, Ernest Henry, 1874-1922

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Koettlitz, Reginald, 1860-1916

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Reginald Koettlitz was born on 23 December 1861. Of German extraction, he trained at Guy's Hospital and went into practice as a physician in Dover. In 1894 he volunteered as surgeon for the Jackson-Harmsworth Arctic Expedition, 1894-1897 (leader Frederick George Jackson) to Franz Josef Land and spent nearly three years in the Arctic Circle. Sledging expeditions were undertaken and the expedition met the Norwegian North Polar Expedition, 1893-1896 (leader Fridtjof Nansen) on 17 June ...

Nansen, Fridtjof, 1861-1930

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Scott, Robert Falcon, 1868-1912

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Markham, A. H.

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Bernacchi, Louis Charles, 1876-1942

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Louis Charles Bernacchi was born in Belgium in 1876. He was brought up in England and Tasmania and trained at the Melbourne Observatory, Australia where he studied astronomy, magnetism, meteorology and physics. He joined the British Antarctic Expedition, 1898-1900 (leader Carsten Egeberg Borchgrevink) as meteorologist and magnetometry observer, and later joined the British National Antarctic Expedition, 1901-1904 (leader Robert Falcon Scott) in a similar capacity. After this expedit...

Nordenskiöld, A. E. (Adolf Erik), 1832-1901

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President of the Copenhagen Chamber of Commerce. From the description of Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld letter to Moritz G. Melchior [manuscript], 1880 Jun. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 176633117 ...

Markham, Clements R. (Clements Robert), Sir, 1830-1916

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Markham was the secretary to the Royal Geographical Society at the time of this letter. From the description of Correspondence to Daniel Garrison Brinton, 1885. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 226054113 1844 joined the Royal Navy as a cadet, sailed on HMS Collingwood to South America; 1850 transferred to the Arctic squadron; 1850-1851 sailed on the Assistance in search of Captain Sir John Franklin; 1852-1853 explored and researched in P...