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A view of the ruined church of San Giovanni al Sepolcro at Brindisi.. A view of the ruined church of San Giovanni al Sepolcro at Brindisi. In the foreground is a man and a child. The medieval church has subsequently been rebuilt. The Prince of Wales vi
1875
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A starboard quarter view of 'Alert' (1856) alongside ice under Cape Prescott detained by the ice.. On board HMS 'Alert' Lt. Parr recorded 'we brought up under the lee of an island just outside the bay and made fast to a large floe
9 or 12 August 1875
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Fast to the floe under Cape Prescott, Franklin Pierce Bay. ‘Discovery’ (left) and ‘Alert’ (right) secured to the ice below Cape Prescott. This gave the crews of the two ships time to explore and exercise the dogs with the sledges.
9 or 12 August 1875
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Starboard bow view of 'Alert' (1856), with Berrie, Ice Quartermaster, standing in the foreground behind a walrus which he killed.. On 10 August 1875, Parr wrote: ‘In the afternoon, one of our whaleboats went away to see if they could pick
10 August 1875
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A port stern quarter view of 'Alert' (1856) alongside the ice floe, with the crew cutting an ice dock in Dobbin Bay.. Lt. Parr wrote: ‘we steamed up the bay & cut a dock in the large floe which would shelter us completely. This same do
14 August 1875
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A section of the railway between Colombo and Kandy, Sri Lanka (Ceylon). A view of a section of the incline on the Colombo to Kandy railway, Sri Lanka (Ceylon). This railway connected the coffee plantations to the coast. The photographer is standing on t
Thursday 2 December 1875
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An elephant posing for a photograph with his Mahout. An elephant posing for a photograph with his Mahout ouside an open wooden structure surrounded by trees in Kandy. The photograph was taken when the Prince was on a visit to Sri Lanka (Ceylon) as part o
Thursday 2 December 1875
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