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Arctic Exploration: Franklin Search Expedition, Collinson, 1850-1855
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CHART OF TERRA AUSTRALIS BY M. FLINDERS COMMR. OF H.M. SLOOP INVESTIGATOR South Coast Sheet III/1802 (Chart; Print)
412 (Pocket chronometer)
19766 (Deck watch)
Perilous situation of 'H.M.S. Investigator' whilst wintering in the pack in 1850-51. (Drawing)
HMS Investigator in the pack, October 8th 1850 (Print)
The Devils Thumb, Ships Boring and Warping in the Pack, Dedicated by special permission to the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty By their Lordships most obedient Servant W H Browne, Lieut R N (late of HMS Enterprize ) (Print)
Noon in Mid-winter (pt. Leopold) (Print)
Sledge party leaving HMS Investigator in Mercy Bay, under command of Lieutenant Gurney Cresswell, 15 April 1853 (Print)
First Discovery of Land by HMS Investigator September 6th 1850 (Print)
Critical Position of H.M.S. Investigator on the North Coast of Baring Island, August 20th 1851 (Print)
Sledge Party leaving H.M.S. Investigator in Mercy Bay, under command of Lieutenant Gurney] Cresswell. 15 April 1853 (Print)
Sledge Party leaving H.M.S.Investigator in Mercy Bay, under command of Lieutenant Gurney Cresswell. 15 April 1853 (Print)
First Discovery of Land by HMS Investigator, September 6th 1850 (Print)
HMS Investigator running through a narrow channel in a snow storm between grounded and packed ice, September 23rd 1851 (Print)
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