Image:Henrietta Island;h92128.jpg

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Photo #: NH 92128

Jeannette Arctic exploring expedition, 1879-1881

Facsimile of a sketch made by Lieutenant Commander George DeLong on 25 May 1881, depicting "Henrietta Island", discovered by USS Jeannette as she drifted icebound north of Siberia. Position was about 157E, 77N. Copied from "The Voyage of the Jeannette ...", Volume II, page 551, edited by Emma DeLong, published in 1884.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 39KB; 740 x 265 pixels
Source

http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/events/ev-1880s/jean-c.htm
Date

25 May 1881
Author

George W. DeLong
Permission
(Reusing this image)
Public domain This image is a work of a sailor or employee of the U.S. Navy, taken or made during the course of the person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, the image is in the public domain.


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