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Edward Belcher, KCB ( Halifax, Nueva Escocia, 27 de febrero de 1799- Londres, 18 de marzo de 1877), fue un oficial naval y explorador británico. Fue el bisnieto del gobernador Jonathan Belcher (1682-1757).
Admiral Sir Edward Belcher KCB (27 February 1799 – 18 March 1877) was a British naval officer, hydrographer, and explorer. [1] Born in Nova Scotia, he was the great-grandson of Jonathan Belcher, who served as a colonial governor of Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and New Jersey.
Sir Edward Belcher (born 1799, Halifax, Nova Scotia [now in Canada]—died March 18, 1877, London, Eng.) was a naval officer who performed many coastal surveys for the British Admiralty. The grandson of a governor of Nova Scotia, Belcher entered the navy in 1812.
Edward Belcher, KCB, fue un oficial naval y explorador británico. Fue el bisnieto del gobernador Jonathan Belcher (1682-1757). Su esposa, Diana Jolliffe, era la hijastra del capitán Peter Heywood. Fue conocido como un duro comandante que inspiraba odio a sus oficiales.
Sir Edward Belcher was a war hero, an explorer, a scientist, and a writer. He commanded a voyage around the world and made significant contributions to geography, nautical surveying, climatology, and other naval and scientific endeavors.
18 de dic. de 2007 · Sir Edward Belcher, naval surveyor, explorer (born 27 February 1799 in Halifax, NS; died 18 March 1877 in London, England). As a surveyor, he participated in major British naval expeditions to the Bering Strait, Africa, the Americas and the Far East.
Naval officer, hydrographer, explorer and writer, born in Nova Scotia. His family moved to England in 1811.
