HMS Alert and HMS Discovery departing from Portsmouth, England 29 May 1875, at the start of The British Arctic Expedition of 1875-1876, led by Sir George Strong Nares.

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HMS Alert and HMS Discovery departing from Portsmouth, England 29 May 1875, at the start of The British Arctic Expedition of 1875-1876, led by Sir George Strong Nares. From The Century Edition of Cassell's History of England, published c. 1900

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