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Title:
Expedition journals of Sir Albert Hastings Markham
Scope & Content:
Journals written by Sir Albert Hastings Markham, documenting: his polar reconnaissances in the Arctic and the Kara Sea, including a whaling voyage (Add MS 89230/1); his survey of the conditions in the Hudson Bay for the Canadian Government (Add MS 89230/4); his participation in the British Arcti...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1873-1904
Extent:
17 volumes, plus three photographs

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Title:
Expedition journals: Arctic regions and the Kara Sea
Scope & Content:
Three journals by Captain Albert Hastings Markham, written during voyages in the Arctic and the Kara sea [Karskoye More] in 1873, 1878 and 1879.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1873-1879
Extent:
3 volumes

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Title:
Whaling cruise journal, on board the Arctic
Scope & Content:
Manuscript journal of Albert Markham's first Arctic voyage, made as second mate in the Dundee steam whaler Arctic, captained by William Adams. Markham accepted the position in order to gain experience of Arctic navigation, to witness methods of handling steam vessels in ice, and to collect infor...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1873
Extent:
1 volume, plus 2 folio insert

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Title:
Hydra voyage journal, plus tour of Brittany and Holland
Scope & Content:
Manuscript journal kept by Markham as Commander of the Hydra, on manoeuvres in the Kara sea during the Russo-Turkish War (1878). The first journal entry is dated 7 May; the last 8 November. The Hydra was put out of commission on 23 August, and the entries from 13th September describe Markham's t...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1878
Extent:
1 volume, plus inserts

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Title:
Journal of the Isbjörn voyage along the west coast of Novaya Zemlya
Scope & Content:
Journal by Captain Markham of his time aboard the Norwegian cutter Isbjörn (referred to as Isbjörnen by Markham throughout the volume) under Sir Henry Gore Booth, describing the voyage which took in the west coast of Novaya Zemlya, the Matyushin Shar, the Kara Sea, and a northward push in the ic...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1879
Extent:
1 volume, plus inserts (289 folios)

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Title:
Expedition journals: British Arctic Expedition
Scope & Content:
Autograph journals kept by Commander Albert Hasting Markham, Captain of HMS Alert and second-in-command of the British Arctic Expedition. The journals document Markham's time on the Alert, and record the sledging journey during which he obtained the record of farthest North. The journals conta...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1875-1876
Extent:
2 volumes plus 3 photographs

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Title:
Arctic Expedition: Volume one
Scope & Content:
First volume of the journal kept by Markham during the British Arctic Expedition 1875-76, as Captain of HMS Alert and second-in-command under Sir George Nares on the Discovery. This volume opens in Portsmouth on Saturday 29 May 1875, and concludes 24 July 1876. It includes a description of the f...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1875
Extent:
1 volume (344 folios)

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Title:
Arctic Expedition: Volume two
Scope & Content:
Second volume of the journal kept by Markham during the British Arctic Expedition 1875-76, as Captain of HMS Alert and second-in-command under Sir George Nares on the Discovery. The volume opens with Markham's sledging journals for 25 September to 14 October 1875, 3 April to 2 June 1876 (the '...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1876
Extent:
1 volume (179 folios)

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Title:
Photograph: HMS Alert at Cape Beechey
Scope & Content:
Albumen print, captured at Latitude 81 Degree 48" by George White, Assistant Engineer on the Alert, and Thomas Mitchell, Paymaster of the Discovery.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Aug 1876
Extent:
1 albumen print

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Title:
Photograph: HMS Alert's winter quarters
Scope & Content:
Albumen print showing a view from the shore looking NE, Latitude 81 Degree 27" N. By George White, Assistant Engineer on the Alert, and Thomas Mitchell, Paymaster of the Discovery.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1876
Extent:
1 albumen print