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Photo # NH 92127:  Jeannette Island, north of Siberia.  Engraving after a sketch by George W. Melville, May 1881

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George W. Melville

Chief Engineer George Wallace Melville (1841-1912) was engineer of the Jeannette Arctic Expedition of 1879-1881 and later took command of the expedition's survivors.

This page provides links to pictures of sketches by George W. Melville


If you want higher resolution reproductions than the "Online Library's" digital images, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."


The following images are engravings based on sketches by George W. Melville:


If you want higher resolution reproductions than the Online Library's digital images, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."


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