- MS 1568/1/1;D Letter to Robert Mennell, 13 July 1907 [Inviting him to dinner to meet John King Davis, who has just been appointed to the British Antarctic Expedition, 1907-1909] 1 leaf
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- Dates of Creation13 July 1907
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John King Davis joined the British Antarctic Expedition, 1907-1909 (leader Ernest Henry Shackleton), as chief officer of Nimrod and received his first command when he succeeded Frederick Pryce Evans as captain of Nimrod on the return voyage.
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