Jean-Baptiste Charcot, French explorer Size:Large: 7 x 5in Bibliographische Institut

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A rear view of the cast iron grinding tool used to produce the speculum (mirror) of the reflecting telescope at Birr Castle

The west front of the house which was designed by Joh Vardy for John

Coronation banquet of King George IV

Jean-Baptiste Charcot, French explorer Size:Large: 7 x 5in Bibliographische InstitutJean Baptiste Charcot, French explorer, 1910. Charcot (1867 1936) commanded the French Antarctic Expeditions of 1904 1907 and 1908 1910. Le later switched his attention to the Arctic, but was killed in 1936 when his ship, the 'Pourquoi Pas?' was wrecked in a storm off the coast of Iceland. A photograph from Album de Photographies, Dans L'Intimite de Personnages Illustres, 1855 1915, Editions MD, 22 Rue de L'Arcade, Paris 8, 1855 1915.