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Journal of Anti-Slave Trade Campaigner Sells at Bonhams | Fine Books & Collections


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The manuscript journal of Colonel Christopher Rigby sold for £56,500 ($78,200).
London The handwritten journal of Colonel Christopher Rigby, British Consul on Zanzibar, recording his strenuous attempts to put a stop to the business of slavery in the Sultanate, and his success in securing freedom for thousands of individual slaves sold for £56,500 at Bonhams Travel and Exploration sale in London on February 10. It had been estimated at £10,000-15,000. The sale made more than £880,000 with 84% sold by lot and 87% sold by value.
Colonel Christopher Palmer Rigby (1820-1885) was appointed British Consul on Zanzibar in July 1858, a post he held until September 1861. His journal, which he wrote up every day gives a harrowing account of the slave trade and his tireless efforts to bring it to an end. ....

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Stewed penguin and frozen beards: Epic tales from the Heroic Age of Exploration


Chris Moss remembers the endeavours and eccentricities of early 20th-century explorers
12 January 2021 • 1:33pm
Geologist Thomas Griffith Taylor and meteorologist Charles Wright in the entrance to an ice grotto during Captain Robert Falcon Scott s Terra Nova Expedition
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The Heroic Age of Antarctic exploration dates from the International Geographical Congress held in London in 1895, which issued the following resolution: “That this congress record its opinion that the exploration of the Antarctic Regions is the greatest piece of geographical exploration still to be undertaken.” 
The Discovery Expedition of 1901-04, known officially as the British National Antarctic Expedition, propelled its leader, Robert Falcon Scott, to the forefront of polar expedition and launched the careers of Ernest Shackleton, Frank Wild, Edward Wilson, Tom Crean and William Lashly. ....

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