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SIR JOHN BARROW

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SIR JOHN BARROW
<p><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:windowtext'>SIR JOHN BARROW </span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial; color:windowtext'>(1764-1848). British geographer after whom Point Barrow, the northernmost land point of the US was named; founder of Royal Geographical Society who encouraged Arctic exploration; secretary of the admiralty. LS, 2pp, legal folio, London, Aug 20, 1836. To Rear Admiral Sir Michael Seymour, Rt. K.C.N., Rio Janeiro, Brazil. Transmittal of “<i>copies of a letter from the Under Secretary of State for foreign affairs</i> [present], <i>and of its enclosure, containing a Dispatch addressed by Viscount Palmerston to Belford Wilson Esq., his Majesty’s Consul General in Peru, pointing out the proper course to be pursued by British subjects resident in Peru</i>” with regard to their protection during period of Peruvian national unrest. Accompanied by seven referenced pages, duplicate copies. Overall VG.</span></p>