Tristan - 500th anniversary of the discovery Part II.

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Tristan - 500th anniversary of the discovery Part II.

Post by Anatol » Wed Jan 02, 2019 10:09 pm

30р-ТHОМАS SWAIN 1774-1862г-. see more viewtopic.php?f=2&t=16107. 30р-HMS «CHALLENGER»1873г-. see more viewtopic.php?f=2&t=7384. 30р-REVEREND DODGSON ARRIVES 1881г. Edwin Heron Dodgson (30 June 1846 – 3 January 1918), a clergyman in the Church of England, He is primarily remembered for his work as a missionary in the island of Tristan da Cunha in the South Atlantic Ocean, the most remote human settlement in.In 1880 he was appointed by the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel (SPG) as missionary and school teacher to Tristan da Cunha. The schooner «Edward Vittery» was chartered at a cost of £35 to take Dodgson from St Helena to Tristan. He landed safely on 25 February 1881. Unfortunately a gale sprang up and the boat was driven ashore and wrecked at a spot later named in honour of the occasion as «Down-Where-The-Minister-Land-His-Things», as it still appears on maps of the island. All of Dodgson's books (except 100 copies of the Mission Hymn Book), the harmonium, and most of his stores were lost, but the communion vessels were saved, as was a stone font. 50р-WRECK OF THE «ITALIA» 1892г-. see more viewtopic.php?f=2&t=5715. 80p- NORWEGIAN EXPEDITION 1937–38. Erling Christophersen (April 17, 1898 – November 9, 1994) was a Norwegian botanist, geographer and diplomat. He participated in and led several notable scientific expeditions in the 20th century, including the fifth Tanager Expedition (1924) to Nihoa and Necker Island and the Norwegian Scientific Expedition to Tristan da Cunha (1937–1938).The Norwegian Scientific Expedition to Tristan Da Cunha was a scientific and cultural exploration of the most remote inhabited archipelago in the world, in the south Atlantic Ocean, 2,000 km (1,200 mi) from the nearest inhabited land, Saint Helena. The expedition arrived on the island in December 1937 and left in March 1938. Captained by botanist Erling Christophersen, the thirteen man crew included three University of Oslo Ph.D. students conducting research for their dissertations, which were published shortly after their return. Based on observations made during the voyage, Christophersen published «Tristan da Cunha», «the Lonely Isle» (1938) and the comprehensive «Norwegian Scientific Expedition to Tristan Da Cunha, 1937-1938» (1945). 50р-HMS «МILFORD» 1938г-. see more viewtopic.php?f=2&t=6774.
Tristan_da_Cunha 2006;30р;30р;30р;50р;80р;50р.МS. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erling_Christophersen, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwin_Dodgson, http://www.wikiwand.com/en/Norwegian_Sc ... _1937-1938.
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