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NH 92152 "Plan of the Last Camp, Showing the Position in which the Bodies were Found."

Photo #: NH 92152 Plan of the Last Camp, Showing the Position in which the Bodies were Found
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Description: Plan of the final camp of Lieutenant Commander George DeLong and his men from the Arctic exploration ship Jeannette, in the Lena River Delta, Siberia. All members of the party perished there in October-November 1881. Their bodies were found the following March. Copied from The Voyage of the Jeannette ..., Volume II, page 854, edited by Emma DeLong, published in 1884. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
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