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NORTHWEST PASSAGE
C.6. Chart Shewing the North West Passage Discovered by Capt. R.L.M. McClure, H.M.Ship Investigator; also the Coast Explored in Search of Sir J. Franklin, by Sir Jas. Ross 1848 & 9... Capt. Sir Edwd. Belcher 1852 & 53... by E.A. Inglefield, Commander H.M.S. Phoenix, PRESENTATION COPY FROM E.A. INGLEFIELD, inscribed "Bobbington School from Captn. Inglefield R.N." in blank area upper left, Hydrographic Office, Admiralty, 14 October 1853

14 June 2017, 13:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge

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NORTHWEST PASSAGE

C.6. Chart Shewing the North West Passage Discovered by Capt. R.L.M. McClure, H.M.Ship Investigator; also the Coast Explored in Search of Sir J. Franklin, by Sir Jas. Ross 1848 & 9... Capt. Sir Edwd. Belcher 1852 & 53... by E.A. Inglefield, Commander H.M.S. Phoenix, PRESENTATION COPY FROM E.A. INGLEFIELD, inscribed "Bobbington School from Captn. Inglefield R.N." in blank area upper left, lithographed chart after W.H. Fawkener, good margins, laid on linen, 475 x 945mm., Hydrographic Office, Admiralty, 14 October 1853

Footnotes

The first chart to show Captain Robert McClure's discovery of the North-West Passage. This is a presentation copy inscribed to a school by E.A. Inglefield, captain of the H.M.S. Phoenix which took relief to Sir Edward Belcher's Franklin Search party in 1853, and on his return brought back news of the discovery of the passage.

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