Richard Collinson

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Richard Collinson

British naval officer

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Arctic
19th-century attempts at the passage
Richard Collinson was to enter from the west and meet Austin in a pincer movement. His two ships became separated in the Pacific, however, and operated independently. Comdr. Robert (later Sir Robert) McClure in the Investigator discovered Prince of Wales Strait, rounded Banks Island by…
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Richard Collinson was to enter from the west and meet Austin in a pincer movement. His two ships became separated in the Pacific, however, and operated independently. Comdr. Robert (later Sir Robert) McClure in the Investigator discovered Prince of Wales Strait, rounded Banks Island by…
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