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Haddington. Europe - United Kingdom - Scotland. County. Longitude: -3.0833. Latitude: 55.9167.

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Subject Source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names

Found in 18 Collections and/or Records:

Albums relating to Robert Cockburn Mossman and the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition, 1902-1905.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.13649/1-3
Scope and Contents Robert Cockburn Mossman was a meterologist. He became one of the youngest Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, when he was nominated aged 20. Mossman worked at the Glen Coe Weather Station, before being recruited to join the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition in 1902. After another expedition to the Arctic, Mossman emigrated to Argentina, dying in Buenos Aires in 1940.There are here three separate volumes relating to Robert Cockburn Mossman: a scrap book relating to...
Dates: 1893-1938

Journal of John Mackay, a Haddington man, describing his sea voyage to the Australian goldfields.

 Item
Identifier: Acc.6158
Scope and Contents Ledger containing journal of John Mackay, an iron foundry moulder from West Port, Haddington, who emigrated to Melbourne, Australia, in 1852, possibly intending to join the gold rush. The journal was written for Mackay's family in Scotland. Daily entries describe the 110 days Mackay spent travelling from Glasgow to Liverpool and his sea voyage to Melbourne aboard the ship 'Mobile' as a steerage passenger with his brother Arthur Mackay and sister-in-law Janet Mackay, between 9 July and 12...
Dates: 1852.