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Admiral Albert Hastings Markham
The story of a 19th-century adventurer who battled pirates, hunted buffalo, sailed the Arctic, and was "one of the most arresting figures of his time" ( The Globe). Few men have lived such an extraordinary life as Admiral Albert Hastings Markham. Besides dedicating five decades of his career to Britain's Royal Navy, Markham was a voracious reader, prolific writer, keen naturalist, and daring explorer. He battled Chinese pirates during the Second Opium War and Taiping Rebellion; chased down Australian blackbirding ships in the South Pacific; trekked to within 400 miles of the North Pole; hunted buffalo and visited Indian reservations in the United States; observed a bloody war in South Americ...
The Great Frozen Sea
Albert Hastings Sir Markham's 'The Great Frozen Sea' offers readers an arresting narrative of the British Arctic expedition of 1875, enveloped in the chilling embrace of the polar landscape. This work serves as much as a meticulous historical document as it does a vivid literary voyage, characterized by detailed observations and descriptive richness that attest to Markham's keen perceptiveness and narrative prowess. Within the context of exploration literature, it stands as a testament to the era's indomitable spirit of discovery and the fascination with the Earth's extremities. The chronicle not only maps the journey but also immerses its audience in the epoch's cultural and scientific zeit...
Manuscript of Kidnapping in the South Seas by Sir Albert Hastings Markham
MS Acc10.106 comprises the autograph manuscript of an article later published in the journal, Youth's companion. The article relates some of the writer's experiences and observations when stationed in Australia in the 1860s and 1870s. Markham commanded a sloop of war whose activities included suppression of "blackbirding", a slave trade between the South Sea Islands and Australian mainland (1 packet).
The Great Frozen Sea
Reproduction of the original: The Great Frozen Sea by Albert Hastings Markham
