Collection GB 0402 SAY - YOUNG, Capt Allen (1827-1915)

5 boxes, 9 scrapbooks, 1 file and a parcel of press cuttings

GB 0402 SAY 1857-1920 collection 5 boxes, 9 scrapbooks, 1 file and a parcel of press cuttings Young , Sir , Allen William , 1827-1915 , Knight , polar explorer

Born 1827; joined the merchant service, 1842; Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, 1857-1915; volunteered for the Franklin search expedition of Captain Francis L McClintock, 1857-1860, and was sailing-master of the Fox during the voyage and commander of a sledge party, Feb-July, 1859, discovering 400 miles of new coast. Commanded an expedition to survey a route for a cable telegraph under the Atlantic ocean by way of Iceland and Greenland, 1860; assisted Admiral Sherard Osborn in equipping the Chinese navy and captain of the man-of-war Kwangtung during the Taiping rebellion, 1862-1864; attempted the northwest passage, and endeavoured to find the records of the lost Franklin expedition on King William's Land, in his yacht Pandora, 1875; refitted the Pandora for a second voyage with the same object and landed dispatches for Nares at Cape Isabella and Littleton Island, 1876; commanded the whaler Hope, chartered with government help, in order to search for the explorer, Benjamin Leigh Smith, 1882; died, 1915.

Multiple sources (see file level descriptions in the Foyle reading room for sources).

Papers of Sir Allen William Young, 1857-1920, including ship's logs of the voyages of the PANDORA and the HOPE to the Arctic and the COROMANDEL and the MARLBOROUGH to India; journals kept on the FOX (the search for Sir John Franklin) and other voyages; nine scrapbooks of press cuttings entitled 'Shipping' and miscellaneous items.

None expected

The contents of the 5 boxes has not undergone any arrangement.

Accessed via the Foyle Reading Room. Free of charge for Fellows, Members and those with valid academic identification. All other users pay a charge and must bring identification in order to register on arrival.

Photocopying at the discretion of the Archivist and subject to completion of 'application for copies' form. No reproduction or publication without permission of the RGS-IBG Archivist.

English

Catalogue available in the reading room.

RGS Archives - Correspondence Blocks, 1851-1860, 1871-1880, 1881-1910 and 1911-1920: Young, Capt Allen.

Prepared by an archives volunteer using existing finding aids. Revised by Sarah Drewery.

Sources: Oxford Dictionary of National Biography; The Geographical Journal, Vol. 47, pp.34-41.

ISAD(G) ed. 2, name authority NRA.

1 November 2000; May 2008 Arctic Arctic regions Climatic zones Documents Geographical exploration Geography India Information sources Maritime transport Polar regions Primary documents Shipping Ships logs South Asia Transport Water transport Young , Sir , Allen William , 1827-1915 , Knight , polar explorer

Multiple sources (see file level descriptions in the Foyle reading room for sources).

Papers of Sir Allen William Young, 1857-1920, including ship's logs of the voyages of the PANDORA and the HOPE to the Arctic and the COROMANDEL and the MARLBOROUGH to India; journals kept on the FOX (the search for Sir John Franklin) and other voyages; nine scrapbooks of press cuttings entitled 'Shipping' and miscellaneous items.

None expected

The contents of the 5 boxes has not undergone any arrangement.

Accessed via the Foyle Reading Room. Free of charge for Fellows, Members and those with valid academic identification. All other users pay a charge and must bring identification in order to register on arrival.

Photocopying at the discretion of the Archivist and subject to completion of 'application for copies' form. No reproduction or publication without permission of the RGS-IBG Archivist.

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English

RGS Archives - Correspondence Blocks, 1851-1860, 1871-1880, 1881-1910 and 1911-1920: Young, Capt Allen.

Catalogue available in the reading room.

ISAD(G) ed. 2, name authority NRA.

• anglais