Beechey Head

Beechey Head (48˚19'00" 123˚39'00" S tip of Vancouver I, W of Becher Bay). Rear Adm Frederick William Beechey (1796–1856) was a prominent RN navigator and geographer. In 1818 he served under Lt John Franklin (the future famed Arctic explorer) on Capt David Buchan’s expedition to Spitsbergen. In 1819–20 he accompanied Lt William Edward Parry on his successful exploration of parts of the NW Passage in HMS Hecla. Beechey was present for important surveys of the Mediterranean coast of...

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