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National Portrait Gallery (Great Britain) · London, New York [etc.] Cassell and company, limited · leaf 102

An illustration from The National portrait gallery, 1901, leaf 102
George Dance, R.A. Accompanied Captain Cook in his second voyage round the world,I772~4- In 1789, when in command of the Bounty at Otaheite,his overbearing temper excited a mutiny, and he was cast adrift inan open boat, in which he sailed over 3,000 miles. The mutineerssettled in Pitcairn Island.… … 88 THE NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY. SIR JOHN ROSS, C.B. 1777-1856. Painted in 1833 by James Green. Admiral and Arctic navigator. Entered the Navy in 1786,and served with distinction through the wars with France. In1818 he was sent out with Sir Edward Parry for the purpose offinding a North-West…

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