2-361-636 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Jean-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.