Heywood W. Seton-Karr sketchbook, 1886,1887.

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Heywood W. Seton-Karr sketchbook, 1886,1887.

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Includes Seton-Karr's original ink, pencil and watercolor illustrations with commentary on the landscape, towns, and people he encountered in Alaska in 1886 and 1887, including Juneau, Sitka, Yakutat, Nuchek, Oodiak, Chenega in Prince William Sound and Kodiak.

1 album (153 art originals) : b&w, col., annotations ; overall album dimensions 20 x 24 cm.

Alaska State Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7633677

Alaska State Library

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Schwatka, Frederick, 1849-1892

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Frederick Schwatka. Explorer, born in Galena, Ill., where he later worked at printing. Attended Willamette University. Graduated from West Point, held army posts, while studying law and medicine. Became interested in exploration and convinced the American Geographical Society to back an attempt to discover the fate of the expedition of Sir John Franklin to the Arctic, thirty years earlier. With William Gilder led a two-year search, successfully completed in 1880. Published books on ...

Seton-Karr, Heywood Walter, 1859-

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Heywood Walter Seton-Karr, Englishman and former Army captain of the Gordon Highlanders, one of the British Army's most celebrated regiments, came to Alaska in 1886. En route, he met two Americans, William Libbey of Princeton, New Jersey, and Frederick Schwatka, an Army officer who had previously explored the Yukon River, and joined with them in an expedition to climb Mt. St. Elias, sponsored by the New York Times. Along with his sketches, Seton-Karr kept a journal which he published in London i...