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See also:RAE, See also:JOHN (1813-1893) , Scottish See also:Arctic explorer, was See also:born on the 3oth of See also:September 1813, in the See also:Orkney Islands, which he See also:left at an See also:early See also:age to study See also:medicine at See also:Edinburgh University, qualifying as a surgeon in 1833. He made a voyage in a professional capacity in one of the See also:ships of the See also:Hudson's See also:Bay See also:Company, and entering the service of the company was See also:resident surgeon for ten years at their station at See also:Moose Factory, at the See also:head of See also:- JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
James Bay. In 1846 he made a See also:boat-voyage to Repulse Bay, and having wintered there, in the following See also:spring surveyed 700 See also:miles of new See also:coast-See also:line connecting the earlier surveys of See also:Ross and See also:Parry. An See also:account of this expedition, A Narrative of an Expedition to the Shores of the Arctic See also:Sea in 1846 and 1847, was published by him in 185o. During a visit to See also:London in 1848 he joined the expedition which was then preparing to go out under See also:Sir John See also:Richardson in See also:search of See also:Franklin; and in 1851, at the See also:request of the See also:Government and with a very slender outfit, he travelled some 5300 miles, much of it on See also:foot, and explored and mapped 700 miles of new coast on the See also:south See also:side of See also:Wollaston and See also:Victoria Lands. For this achievement he received the Founder's See also:gold See also:medal of the Royal See also:Geographical Society. In 1853 he commanded another boat-expedition which was fitted out by the Hudson's Bay Company, which connected the surveys of Ross with that of See also:Deane and See also:Simpson, and proved See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
King See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William's See also:Land to be an See also:island. It was on this See also:journey that he obtained the first See also:authentic See also:news regarding the See also:fate of Franklin, thereby winning the See also:reward of £io,000 promised by the See also:admiralty. He subsequently travelled across See also:Iceland, and in See also:Greenland and the See also:northern parts of See also:America, See also:surveying routes for See also:telegraph lines. Dr Rae attributed much to his success in Arctic travel to his See also:adoption of the methods of the See also:Eskimo, a See also:people whom he had studied very closely. He was a keen sportsman, an accurate and scientific observer. He died at his See also:house in London and was buried in the Orkney Islands.
End of Article: RAE, JOHN (1813-1893)
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