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NH 92146 Jeannette Arctic exploring expedition, 1879-1881

Photo #: NH 92146 Jeannette Arctic exploring expedition, 1879-1881
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Description: Vignette engraving of Lieutenant Commander George DeLong's notebooks and map, found at the campsite at the head of the Lena River Delta, Siberia, where his men had died of starvation during October-November 1881. Copied from The Voyage of the Jeannette ..., Volume II, page 800, edited by Emma DeLong, published in 1884. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
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