AUGUST 01, 1834. Abolition of Slavery Act Black people are now considered British subjects, paving the way for property-owning Black men to...
17 months ago

The 8000 graves of Happy Valley cemetery in Hong Kong tell the island's untold early history through the lives of pirates and prostitutes,...
147 months ago

Robert M'Clure, who advertised himself as the first to get through the Northwest Passage, is not remembered in history as a very nice person...
71 months ago

There are those who say the search for the Northwest Passage is the closest thing Canadians have to a creation myth, that in attempting to...
176 months ago

Thousands of people welcome the Olympic flame to Jersey, the most southerly point of the torch relay.
148 months ago

For years she was the architectural jewel of New York's Upper West Side and a grande dame of New York apartment life who counted the wealthy...
57 months ago

HMS Investigator sailed from England before dawn on Jan. 20, 1850, embarking under the command of Robert McClure on its second voyage in as many years.
147 months ago

We are launching a new section, Your Travel, where you can tell us about your holidays. Richard Collinson kicks off with part two of his Australia visit.
175 months ago

Striker Catarina Andrade scored four goals as Jersey thumped rivals Guernsey 9-0 at Springfield to win the women's Muratti.
102 months ago

The list on this page is of the travel section of the polar books (Arctic and Antarctic) in the National Antarctic Expedition Library.
77 months ago