Manuscript of Kidnapping in the South Seas by Sir Albert Hastings Markham [manuscript]. c1905.

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Manuscript of Kidnapping in the South Seas by Sir Albert Hastings Markham [manuscript]. c1905.

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Markham, Albert Hastings, Sir, 1841-1918

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Albert Hastings Markham was born on 11 November 1841 at Bagneres-de-Bigorre, France. After being educated at home and at Eastman's Royal Naval Academy, Southsea, he entered the Royal Navy in 1856, serving in China, the Mediterranean and Australia. He was promoted lieutenant in 1862 and commander in 1872. While on leave in 1873, he sailed to the Davis Strait region in the whaler Arctic on the British whaling and reconnaissance expedition (leader William Adams), in order to study ice ...