• Title
  Letter from William Colbeck to Admiral Albert Markham, 11 March 1904
• Creator
  William Colbeck, 1871-1930
• Call number
  MLMSS 9724
  
• Level of description
  fonds
• Date
  
  11 March 1904
• Type of material
  Textual Records
• Reference code
  1379091
• Physical Description
  0.01 metres of textual material (1 folder)
  
• ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY
  
  William Cobeck, 1871-1930, was a British seaman who participated in two Anarctic exploration expeditions, as assistant magnetician and meteorologist on the British Antarctic Expedition, 1898-1900, and as Captain of SY Morning, the relief ship of the British National Antarctic Expedition, 1901-1904, also known as the Discovery Expedition.
  
  Reference:
  Library correspondence file
• Scope and Content
  Handwritten letter from William Colbeck to Admiral Albert Markham, written at sea en route to the Auckland Islands, 11 March 1904. Letter describes the achievements of the British National Antarctic Expedition on its mission to free Discovery, a ship which had been icebound near Ross Island since 4 January 1904.
• Copying Conditions
  Copyright status:: In copyright
  Research & study copies allowed: Author has been deceased for more than 50 years
  Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
• Name
  National Antarctic Expedition 1901-1904
  Markham, Albert, Sir
  Discovery (Ship)
  
• Subject
  Antarctica--Discovery and exploration.
  
• Open Rosetta viewer
  IE8855914

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