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NH 92114 Jeannette Arctic exploring expedition, 1879-1881

Photo #: NH 92114 Jeannette Arctic exploring expedition, 1879-1881
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Title: Jeannette Arctic exploring expedition, 1879-1881
Description: Chart of positions taken by USS Jeannette while she was drifting icebound near Wrangel Island, north of Siberia, from 5 September 1879 to 20 March 1880. The top of the illustration shows an elevation of the island as seen on 28 October 1879. Engraving, after a drawing by the expedition commander, Lieutenant Commander George W. DeLong, USN, copied from The Voyage of the Jeannette ..., Volume I, page 161, edited by Emma DeLong, published in 1884. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
Catalog #: NH 92114
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