POLAR SHACKLETON (SIR ERNEST) Printed official wartime 'Map of European Russia, showing railways, waterways and military districts 1914', signed and inscribed in the lower margin "To Elizabeth Dawson-Lambton from E H Shackleton/ Oct 1918"; the map lithographed by the Intelligence Division of the War Office and printed for the Admiralty War Staff, corrected February 1916, sheet 1, on one sheet, traces of neat folding, framed and glazed (unexamined out of frame), image within frame c.670 x 520mm., October 1918 Fußnoten 'ELIZABETH DAWSON-LAMBTON FROM E H SHACKLETON' – Shackleton to his great benefactor, after whom the Dawson-Lambton Glacier takes its name. He had first met her in 1901 while preparing for the Discovery expedition. She was the first sponsor of the Nimrod, to which she contributed £1000: 'On the way to Cowes [where the ship was to be inspected by the King], Shackleton insisted on putting in at Eastbourne to let Elizabeth Dawson-Lambton come on board. A Victorian figure in bonnet and the lace she put on only to meet Shackleton, she inspected Nimrod before the King did. It was a gesture of gratitude to the mother, in a sense, of the expedition; and one which Edward VII would undoubtedly have approved' (Roland Huntford, Shackleton, 1996, p.181). The Dawson-Lambton Glacier was named in her honour. This map was presented by her grateful benefactor before taking up his post as temporary major, in charge of winter equipment, northern Russian campaign. The allies, hard pressed by the Ludendorff offensive, were desperate to stop the Russian port falling into German hands; in General Ironside's words, the campaign was little more than 'a hasty improvisation conceived without much previous consideration to either political or military experts, almost in desperation, as it were, to prevent the Germans winning the war in France' (Huntford, p.663). Shackleton arrived a fortnight before the signing of the Armistice of 11 November; staying until early the following year: the enemy by this time being insurgent Bolsheviks, rather than Germans.
POLAR SHACKLETON (SIR ERNEST) Printed official wartime 'Map of European Russia, showing railways, waterways and military districts 1914', signed and inscribed in the lower margin "To Elizabeth Dawson-Lambton from E H Shackleton/ Oct 1918"; the map lithographed by the Intelligence Division of the War Office and printed for the Admiralty War Staff, corrected February 1916, sheet 1, on one sheet, traces of neat folding, framed and glazed (unexamined out of frame), image within frame c.670 x 520mm., October 1918 Fußnoten 'ELIZABETH DAWSON-LAMBTON FROM E H SHACKLETON' – Shackleton to his great benefactor, after whom the Dawson-Lambton Glacier takes its name. He had first met her in 1901 while preparing for the Discovery expedition. She was the first sponsor of the Nimrod, to which she contributed £1000: 'On the way to Cowes [where the ship was to be inspected by the King], Shackleton insisted on putting in at Eastbourne to let Elizabeth Dawson-Lambton come on board. A Victorian figure in bonnet and the lace she put on only to meet Shackleton, she inspected Nimrod before the King did. It was a gesture of gratitude to the mother, in a sense, of the expedition; and one which Edward VII would undoubtedly have approved' (Roland Huntford, Shackleton, 1996, p.181). The Dawson-Lambton Glacier was named in her honour. This map was presented by her grateful benefactor before taking up his post as temporary major, in charge of winter equipment, northern Russian campaign. The allies, hard pressed by the Ludendorff offensive, were desperate to stop the Russian port falling into German hands; in General Ironside's words, the campaign was little more than 'a hasty improvisation conceived without much previous consideration to either political or military experts, almost in desperation, as it were, to prevent the Germans winning the war in France' (Huntford, p.663). Shackleton arrived a fortnight before the signing of the Armistice of 11 November; staying until early the following year: the enemy by this time being insurgent Bolsheviks, rather than Germans.
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