Perfil de persona

Bellot, Joseph René

?–1853

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Servicio militar

He was a French naval Lieutenant who served in HMS Prince Albert (under Captain William Kennedy) in search of Franklin's Expedition in 1851-1852.

He served in HMS Phoenix (under Captain Inglefield) 1853.

Lugares nombrados

Bellot Strait (seperating the extreme north point of continental North America) from North Somerset); Bellot Point (east coast of Wellington Channel);

Anécdotas

He drowned in Wellington Channel on his way from Beechey Island to HMS Assistance. Ther is a monument to him in fron of the Greenwhich Hospital. H ewas the author of "Journal d'un Voyage aux Mers Polaires".

Referencias

  • Struzik, Edward. (1991)
  • Markham, Clements R. (1875)

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