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| Picture No | 10795511 |
| Date | 1853 |
| Description | Lieutenant S. Gurney Cresswell |
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Lieutenant Samuel Gurney Cresswell, a royal navy officer and technically the first to cross the North-West passage. Although Robert McClure was in lead the expedition, Cresswell arrived in England before him.
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| Source | Unattributed engraving in The Illustrated London News, 5th November 1853, page 389 |
| Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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