George Wallace Melville. Polaris Expedition scrapbooks, 1873.

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George Wallace Melville. Polaris Expedition scrapbooks, 1873.

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Two scrapbooks documenting exploration in 1873, with a primary focus on the Polaris Expedition to the North Pole led by Charles Francis Hall. These scrapbooks consist primarily of exploration-related newspaper clippings from The New York Herald, The New York Tribune, and Harper's Weekly. The main focus of the clippings is the Polaris Expedition and Captain Hall, but other clippings on Arctic exploration, Egypt, the Sandwich Islands (Hawaiian Islands), and Lady Jane Franklin are also found in the scrapbooks.

.4 cubic ft. (1 box)

eng, Latn

University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, UWM Libraries

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SNAC Resource ID: 7623260

University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, UWM Libraries

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Melville, George Wallace, 1841-1912

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George Wallace Melville (b. 10 January 1841, New York City-d. 17 March 1912, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) was an engineer, Arctic explorer and author. As chief of the Bureau of Steam Engineering, he headed a time of great expansion, technological progress and change, often in defiance of the conservative element of the Navy hierarchy. He superintended the design of 120 ships and introduced the water-tube boiler, the triple-screw propulsion system, vertical engines, the floating repair ship, and t...

Polaris (Ship)

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