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    Sir William Edward Parry FRS (19 December 1790 – 8 July 1855) was a Royal Navy officer and explorer best known for his 1819–1820 expedition through the...
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    Admiral Sir William Edward Parry, KCB (8 April 1893 – 21 August 1972) was an officer of the Royal Navy. Parry joined the Royal Navy 1905 and served in...
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    Cape Parry Migratory Bird Sanctuary on the northern extremity of the Parry Peninsula. It is named for the Arctic explorer William Edward Parry, as well...
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  • was later converted to an exploration ship and was commanded by William Edward Parry during his exploration of the Arctic HMS Hecla (1839) was a 4-gun...
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    four decades explorers including John Ross; David Buchan; William Edward Parry; Frederick William Beechey; James Clark Ross (nephew of John Ross); George...
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    explorer John Rae. Between 1821 and 1823 its east side was mapped by William Edward Parry, who named the peninsula (along with Melville Island) after Robert...
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    Melville Island and Prince Patrick Island. Parry Channel is named after Arctic explorer William Edward Parry, who in 1819 got as far as Melville Island...
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    scientists. Robert Bylot and William Baffin were the first Europeans to sight Devon Island in 1616. William Edward Parry charted its south coast in 1819–20...
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    in area. The island was named after Sir Thomas Byam Martin by Sir William Edward Parry in August 1819 during his first expedition to discover the Northwest...
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    (360 sq mi), it is the largest island offshore of Prince of Wales Island. William Edward Parry was the first European to sight the island in 1819. Another, much...
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    two expeditions led by his uncle, John Ross, and in four led by William Edward Parry: in the Antarctic, he led his his own expedition from 1839 to 1843...
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    William Edward Parry (1878 – 27 November 1952) was a New Zealand politician and trade unionist. Parry was born at Orange, New South Wales, Australia....
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    which encountered the strait in 1822 during an expedition led by Sir William Edward Parry. Both ships became stuck in ice in October 1821, and remained immobile...
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    William Edward Parry-Okeden ISO (13 May 1841 – 30 August 1926) was a public servant, Police Commissioner and Protector of Aborigines (1895-1903), as well...
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    Arctic explorer and naval officer Sir William Edward Parry in 1819. The island is named for Royal Navy admiral Sir William Cornwallis. Cornwallis Island is...
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    expedition of 1821–23 to the Northwest Passage led by Commander William Edward Parry twice over-wintered in Foxe Basin. It provided the first informed...
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    1819: Royal Navy expedition aboard HMS Hecla and HMS Griper led by William Edward Parry in search of the Northwest Passage 1819–1822: The Coppermine expedition...
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    following year, in May 1819, both Edward and Joseph Sabine returned to the Arctic as members of Lieutenant William Edward Parry's expedition in search of the...
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    closure of the DEW line site. It is named for the Arctic explorer William Edward Parry. Between the 1950s to the 1980s, a Distant Early Warning Line site...
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  • Paris, where he shared living quarters with William Edward Parry, then a twelve-year-old midshipman; Parry later also became known in polar exploration...
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    Lake Byleveld and Parry Inlet. William Bay was named after the famed British Arctic explorer and navigator, Sir William Edward Parry, as were two other...
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    Bayfield in the 19th century in honour of the Arctic explorer Sir William Edward Parry. In 1857, the modern townsite was established near the Ojibwa village...
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    (1896–1964) 21 June 1948 14 August 1948 54 days 2 Parry, William EdwardVice Admiral Sir William Edward Parry KCB (1893–1972) 14 August 1948 25 January 1950...
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    many expeditions, including those by John Ross, Elisha Kent Kane, William Edward Parry, and James Clark Ross; overland expeditions were also led by John...
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    Terror National Historic Site of Canada Fury and Hecla sailed with William Edward Parry on his explorations in search of the Northwest Passage, with Fury...
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    to an Arctic exploration ship and re-rated as a sloop. Commander William Edward Parry commissioned her in December 1820, and Fury then made two journeys...
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    1819-20, in His Majesty's Ships Hecla and Griper, Under the Orders of William Edward Parry ; with an Appendix, Containing the Scientific and Other Observations...
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    England. Several of his officers protested, including First Mate William Edward Parry and Edward Sabine, but they could not dissuade him. The account of Ross's...
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    performed in the years 1819-20. London: John Murray. William Edward Parry 1819. Mills, William James (2003). Exploring polar frontiers: a historical...
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    Thule people, as evidenced by whale bones, tunnels and stone ruins. William Edward Parry was the first documented European to sight the island in 1819. HMS...
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