Jean-Baptiste Charcot, French explorer Size:Large: 7 x 5in Interior view of the Rotunda

Interior view of the Rotunda in Ranelagh Gardens

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Jean-Baptiste Charcot, French explorer Size:Large: 7 x 5in Interior view of the RotundaJean Baptiste Charcot, French explorer, 1910. Charcot (1867 1936) commanded the French Antarctic Expeditions of 1904 1907 and 1908 1910. Le later switched his attention to the Arctic, but was killed in 1936 when his ship, the 'Pourquoi Pas?' was wrecked in a storm off the coast of Iceland. A photograph from Album de Photographies, Dans L'Intimite de Personnages Illustres, 1855 1915, Editions MD, 22 Rue de L'Arcade, Paris 8, 1855 1915.