- MS 301/7/1-3;D Letters (3) to Benjamin Leigh Smith, July 1877 to April 1881 [Regarding vessel Diana and Newfoundland seal catches] 3 leaves, autograph
Bruce, correspondence
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- Dates of Creation1877-1881
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- Physical Description3 letters
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Benjamin Leigh Smith embarked on his first voyage to the Arctic in 1871 when he sailed in the ketch Samson to Svalbard on the British Exploring Expedition, reaching latitude 81° 24 minutes North and making accurate surveys of several small islands for the first time.
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