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Drawing Instrument set
Used on Nares' Arctic expedition 1875. Belonged to Lieutenant A A C Parr, HMS "Alert". Silk lined wooden case containing an ivory parallel ruler, a mapping pen with an ivory handle and an ivory scale (in compartment in lid). Brass plate inset in the lid of the box incribed "(broad arrow) 4/POLAR EXP/1875".
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Object Details
| ID: | AAA4119 |
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| Collection: | Polar Equipment and Relics |
| Type: | Drawing Instrument set |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Events: | Arctic Exploration: North Pole expedition, Nares, 1875-1876 |
| Vessels: | Alert (1856) |
| Date made: | 1875-6 |
| People: | Parr, Alfred Arthur Chase |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Parts: | Drawing Instrument set |
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