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1914 (May 7) autographed letter (2 sides) from Harry Pennell,…
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Melbourne
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20-Sep-2011
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1914 (May 7) autographed letter (2 sides) from Harry Pennell, on 'H.M.S. Duke of Edinburgh' letterhead (at Trieste) to 'Dear Silas' (Wright). 'We Are Doing a 4 Day Stint at Trieste Being Entertained Royally and Soberly By the Austrians, They Have Too Much Sense to Suppose That the Only Form of Hospitality Is to Try and Make a Man Drunk....If the English Must Have Ententes Why Not Have Them with Either the Austrians Or Germans, I.E. People It Is a Pleasure to Meet.' Lieutenant Harry L.L. Pennell, Royal Navy, was commander of the Terra Nova, during the British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-13. Pennell engaged in oceanographic work in the Ross sea during this period. in February 1911 he sailed along the coast named after him (Pennell Coast is that portion of the coast of Antarctica between cape Williams and cape Adare) in exploration and an endeavor to land the Northern party led by Lieutenant Victor Campbell.
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Militaria & Weapons: Ephemera