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Smith, Benjamin Leigh, (1828-1913), explorer

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Surname: Smith
Forenames: Benjamin Leigh
Gender: Male
Date: 1828-1913
Biography: ODNB link for Smith, Benjamin Leigh (1828-1913) Explorer
Name authority reference: GB/NNAF/P151014 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P26432 )
Collections
Number Description Held by Reference Further information
1
1871-93: corresp and journals
Cambridge University: Scott Polar Research Institute
MSS 300-01
See Guide 1982
2
1871-1873: journal, in typescript, of Smith's voyage to the Arctic in the schooner 'Samson', May-Oct 1871, and an account of his explorations in the seas around Svalbard (Spitzbergen), 1871-73, by a member of the expedition
Edinburgh University Library, Special Collections
Coll/283