Description
After his experience in the Arctic, Adams passed his medical exams, and travelled to west Africa in May 1856 aboard the steampship Hecla. He died there of typhus, and was buried at Sierra Leone.
This collection passed into the possession of Francis Skead, lieutenant on Enterprise, 1850-55. The writing on most of the sheets can be identified as Skead's, on comparison with text in his private journals.
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image © Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge
Location
Point Barrow, Alaska, USA
Country
USA
Medium
Watercolour
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Category
Travel & Transport
