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C18-19 British/Irish history | RN/polar exploration | Photographer; librarian; independent researcher of life and career of Capt. Francis Crozier. www.thethousandthpart.com

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ultima thule @thethousandthpart.com · Dec 5

I created a feed for #NapoleonicHistory - bsky.app/profile/did:... which sd capture all posts/replies tagged with same. Will be tweaking it further as things are still fairly quiet here, but it's a good time to get it going, so please test/pin/share if interested. Remember to tag your posts. 1/2

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ultima thule @thethousandthpart.com · 4d

The play could add an interesting dimension to personality/diary aspect since no one is quite the same person in their diary. Break a leg (play related only, obvs).

ultima thule @thethousandthpart.com · 4d

This is a good thing, surely? Best of luck!

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ultima thule @thethousandthpart.com · 5d

Very pleased to have spotted Captain Crozier among the famous locals in the Down County Museum, between Francis Hutcheson and Thomas Andrews Jr. (the latter of the Titanic fame).

A photo of a wall of images of famous people from County Down, in the Down County Museum at Downpatrick.

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ultima thule @thethousandthpart.com · 10d

Oh no, sending hugs and good vibes and my entire phone contents from today!

ultima thule @thethousandthpart.com · 10d

I have 132 more where that came from 😂

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ultima thule @thethousandthpart.com · 10d

Timeline cleanse, with lots of foam and none of that North Sea rubbish.

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ultima thule @thethousandthpart.com · 16d

Wot, you mean you haven’t got 129 of those? Rectify immediately.

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ultima thule @thethousandthpart.com · 17d

Beautiful!

ultima thule @thethousandthpart.com · 17d

Such a shame the Guardian chose to concentrate on "solved the mystery" and "'incredible' likeness" (firmly in the eye of the beholder tbh) rather than details/process of the search/find, given that this lady comes from a [presumably] unmarked grave in a 'wrong' cemetery. #NavalHistory

Greg Jenner @gregjenner.bsky.social · 17d

Facial reconstruction is not an exact science, and these stories always needed to be treated cautiously
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...

Have French scientists solved the mystery of Nelson’s lover Lady Hamilton?

Digital reconstruction of remains discovered in Calais graveyard bears ‘incredible’ likeness to Emma Hamilton, mistress of British naval hero Horatio Nelson, say experts

www.theguardian.com

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ultima thule @thethousandthpart.com · 17d

Beach ‘forest’ #CoastalPhotography

A colour image (mostly brown with a light touch of copper) of the temporary art made by the tide on a sandy beach: it appears almost like a group of trees with bare ‘branches’ sticking out.

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ultima thule @thethousandthpart.com · 20d

I second "Vixens" - the writing is too clear/elegant for it to be any other word. Presume the writer is referring to officers/men from that ship, similarly to how they used to say the
Terrors and Erebites - though whether the ship itself needs to have been near, I don't know - could be ex-Vixens?

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ultima thule @thethousandthpart.com · 21d

I’d have said, playing with fire but of course ice is more appropriate…

ultima thule @thethousandthpart.com · 21d

PARRY?!

McClintock wd like a quiet word.

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ultima thule @thethousandthpart.com · 21d

Have you checked it wasn’t sent off years ago, given your recent GRO experience? 😊

ultima thule @thethousandthpart.com · 24d

Quick run (well, a brisk walk) before sunset; pleased to report none of that cloudless summer nonsense remains.

A colour image in mostly yellows and blues, of some sunlit clouds and a fading (but complete) rainbow over the river. The sky occupies about nine tenths of the image, as it should do in the north and west of Scotland.

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Anna M. Thane @annamthane.bsky.social · 25d

Enjoy reading in September!
Here is an updated list of new #nonfiction #books about the #18thcentury scheduled for this month: regency-explorer.net/new-releases/
#Regency #Napoleon #history #JaneAusten #read #18thc

A compilation of 44 covers of books about the 18th century. You find the whole list by following the link in the skeet

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ultima thule @thethousandthpart.com · 25d

Used to walk past him every day when working in Durham; he lived/died/was buried there (county not city).

ultima thule @thethousandthpart.com · 25d

Have never seen any gravestones like this, so watching with interest. The tall ‘barriers’ seem like an extreme measure to stop anyone walking on the graves, though I’m sure this wasn’t the intention here.

ultima thule @thethousandthpart.com · 26d

Finally starting to read this in its entirety, having previously enjoyed extracts here and there. Someone really ought to repeat his route next year to mark its 230th anniversary! #HistBookChat #IrishHistory

Image of the dust jacket of "A Frenchman's Walk through Ireland, 1796-7" ("Promenade d'un Français dans l'Irlande"), by Jacques-Louis de Bougrenet (Chevalier de La Tocnaye).

ultima thule @thethousandthpart.com · 27d

Happy Birthday to Nikolai!

ultima thule @thethousandthpart.com · 28d

I don’t even understand why such authors are so obsessed with publishing in the first place tbh. No financial gain, no professional pressure to publish, no chance of being taken seriously even by amateurs… ego alone?

ultima thule @thethousandthpart.com · Sep 14

Excellent! Look forward to seeing the results.

ultima thule @thethousandthpart.com · Sep 11

A very furtive reader - clearly looking to borrow from the ‘reference only’ section.

ultima thule @thethousandthpart.com · Sep 10

Please tell us this was vandalism and not a permitted act, though shouldn't have happened either way, of course.

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ultima thule @thethousandthpart.com · Sep 9

It bothers me slightly that we still don't know Croker's reaction to having mountains, then not having mountains.

Eddie Jenkins @eddiejenks510.bsky.social · Sep 9

A map of John Ross and William Parry's 1818 #Arctic expedition, presented to William Scoresby by Ross. This map includes the infamous "Croker Mountains" mirage which led Ross to turn away from the entrance of the NW Passage.