Scott (Robert Falcon, 1868-1912), British Royal Navy officer and explorer who led the Discovery expedition of 1901-04 and the Terra Nova expedition of 1910-13. Autograph Letter Signed, 'Robt. F. Scott', 56 Oakley Street, Chelsea Embankment, 21 February 1905, to an unidentified recipient, in black ink on personal stationery, declining an invitation to lecture in East London, 'My engagements are so numerous and pressing that I fear it will be quite improbable to arrange a date ... You will I hope understand that such a refusal is from no count of sympathy with your objects which must appeal to all', endorsement date beneath original date at head and near-contemporary manuscript in red ink at foot identifying the signer as 'Capt. Scott of the Great Polar Expedition', a little dust-soiled, 2 pp., 8vo (Quantity: 1) During Scott's few years between his two major expeditions he was heavily occupied with invitations to public receptions, lectures and the writing of the expedition record, The Voyage of the Discovery (1905).
Scott (Robert Falcon, 1868-1912), British Royal Navy officer and explorer who led the Discovery expedition of 1901-04 and the Terra Nova expedition of 1910-13. Autograph Letter Signed, 'Robt. F. Scott', 56 Oakley Street, Chelsea Embankment, 21 February 1905, to an unidentified recipient, in black ink on personal stationery, declining an invitation to lecture in East London, 'My engagements are so numerous and pressing that I fear it will be quite improbable to arrange a date ... You will I hope understand that such a refusal is from no count of sympathy with your objects which must appeal to all', endorsement date beneath original date at head and near-contemporary manuscript in red ink at foot identifying the signer as 'Capt. Scott of the Great Polar Expedition', a little dust-soiled, 2 pp., 8vo (Quantity: 1) During Scott's few years between his two major expeditions he was heavily occupied with invitations to public receptions, lectures and the writing of the expedition record, The Voyage of the Discovery (1905).
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