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They are now known as the Arctic Archipelago. The British claim to the area was based on the discoveries of Martin Frobisher (1535–1594) in the 16th century. The British government passed control of the islands to Canada in 1880 by means of an imperial order in council, the Adjacent Territories Order, under the royal prerogative.
Flags of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha (4 P) Pages in category "Flags of British Overseas Territories" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total.
The blue of the flag represents the blue of the old Kingdom of Gwent, which also appears in the Flag of Monmouthshire. The red colour comes from Glyndŵr's battle standard. [12] Cromford: Derbyshire: 28 June 2016: The flag was designed in 2006, first flew in 2010, and has appeared throughout the village on festive occasions ever since.
British republican flag proposal used within the Chartism movement. A British republican flag, which originated in 1816, in use until at least 1935. [103] British republican flag proposal within the Chartism movement. The Republican tricolour proposed by Hugh Williams in 1838 and described in LJ "Spartacus" Linton's 1851 poem"Our Tricolour". [104]
Between 1894 and 1897, he was second-in-command, of the Jackson–Harmsworth expedition to Franz Josef Land, and was involved in the 1895 rescue of explorer Fridtjof Nansen and his men. [2] Sledge flag used by Armitage in Antarctica during the Discovery Expedition
However, his most important expedition was the British Arctic Air Route Expedition of 1930–31. Watkins led a team of fourteen men to survey the east coast of Greenland and monitor weather conditions there, the information being needed for a planned air route from England to Winnipeg. [1]
On 29 November 1872 [16] he was promoted to commander and spent the next six years engaged in Arctic Exploration. As a reward for his efforts in the British Arctic Expedition of 1876, he was promoted to captain. [17] From 1879 to 1882 he was the captain of Triumph, [9] the flagship of the Pacific Station.
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