Her Majesty's Ships the Alert & Discovery. 1875-1876. Vol. 1.
Photographic album titled "Her Majesty's Ships the Alert & Discovery. 1875-1876. Vol. 1." Photographic record containing albumen prints, an official visual record of the British Arctic Expedition of 1875-1876, led by Captain George Strong Nares. The expedition's goal was to reach the North Pole by way of Smith Sound, the sea passage between Canada's Ellesmere Island and Greenland.
- Measurements:
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overall: 40 mm x 365 mm x 269 mm,
- Materials:
- paper (fibre product) , cardboard and gold leaf
- Object Number:
- 1981-27/1
- type:
- photograph albums