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Sir Edward Belcher, KCB (* 27. Februar 1799 in Halifax, Neuschottland; † 18. März 1877 in London) war ein britischer Seefahrer und Polarforscher . Inhaltsverzeichnis. 1 Leben. 2 Werke. 3 Literatur. 4 Weblinks. 5 Einzelnachweise. Leben.
Admiral Sir Edward Belcher KCB (27 February 1799 – 18 March 1877) was a British naval officer, hydrographer, and explorer. Born in Nova Scotia, he was the great-grandson of Jonathan Belcher, who served as a colonial governor of Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and New Jersey.
Sir Edward Belcher (born 1799, Halifax, Nova Scotia [now in Canada]—died March 18, 1877, London, Eng.) was a naval officer who performed many coastal surveys for the British Admiralty. The grandson of a governor of Nova Scotia, Belcher entered the navy in 1812.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Sir Edward Belcher was a war hero, an explorer, a scientist, and a writer. He commanded a voyage around the world and made significant contributions to geography, nautical surveying, climatology, and other naval and scientific endeavors.
Between 1852 and 1854, Sir Edward Belcher commanded what would be the final expedition in search of Sir John Franklin organised by the Admiralty.
Presented ethnographic and Chinese items to the British Museum between 1842 and 1855. The Museum has around 280 objects collected by Belcher, of which 120 are from Oceania of which in turn 85 are from Melanesia – 2 from Vanuatu, the rest from New Guinea. View more.
Sir Edward Belcher, KCB (* 27. Februar 1799 in Halifax, Neuschottland; † 18. März 1877 in London) war ein britischer Seefahrer und Polarforscher. Edward Belcher, Gemälde von Stephen Pearce, 1859. Oops something went wrong:
