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Sir Clements Markham’s Romance – Part 1

Posted on December 7, 2021December 7, 2021 by admin

I deeply regret that I don’t have a PhD in Victorian literature and so am unable to fully appreciate the myriad cultural influences that form the DNA of Clements Markham’s magnum opus. The full name of said opus is as follows: James Fitzjames: the story of the friendships, devoted zeal for the service, high souled […]

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James Fitzjames letters at the RGS, part 2

Posted on November 5, 2021November 10, 2021 by admin

Continued from the last post. [All I can say is if I don’t get employed I shall get married — and perhaps shall if I do. If any decent lady will have me. and clean. as I heard a man say the other day —] This was also quoted in the Battersby but my transcription […]

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James Fitzjames letters at the RGS, part 1

Posted on November 4, 2021November 6, 2021 by admin

(Excerpts posted as an “educational work” in accordance with Wiley Digital Archives’ terms of service.) These excerpts are all from his letters to his friend John Barrow (son of Sir John Barrow), over a period of time spanning from 1839 on the Ganges to July 1845 at Disko on the Erebus. The very first one starts off with […]

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