McClintock, Admiral Sir Francis Leopold, (1819-1907), polar explorer

6 autograph letters, signed, formerly held in the Wellcome Library's Western Manuscripts Autograph Letters Sequence. Correspondents include Rear-Admiral Sir Francis Beaufort F.R.S. (1774-1857), hydrographer (no. 4); and Sir Clements Robert Markham F.R.S. (1830-1916), geographer and historical writer (no. 5).

1859-1894

1 volume

Purchased from: Stevens, London, December 1930 (acc.68113) and September 1931 (acc.68262); Sotheby's, London, April 1931 (acc.67516); and Glendining, London, September 1933 (acc.67762) and April 1935 (acc. 68587).

[Francis] Leopold McClintock served on various Naval expeditions to the Arctic, becoming known as the Navy's expert on man-hauled sledge travel, and discovered the remains of Sir John Franklin's last expedition. He was later knighted and rose to become Admiral Sir Francis Leopold McClintock.

Database description transcribed from Richard Aspin and Christopher Hilton's typescript supplement to S.A.J Moorat's Catalogue of Western Manuscripts