Maritime History

Henry Le Vesconte

Henry Thomas Dundas Le Vesconte (c. 1813 – c. 1848) was an English officer of the Royal Navy and polar explorer who from 1845 served under Sir John Franklin as Second Lieutenant (the fourth most senior rank) on the Erebus during the Franklin expedition to discover the Northwest Passage, which ended with the loss of all 129 crewmen.

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• ▸Lower Hutt
• ▸Casa del Citarista
• ▸Economy of Chennai

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