Edward Belcher
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Sir Edward Belcher was a British naval officer, hydrographer, and explorer.
Sir Edward Belcher c. 1859, portrait by Stephen Pearce
HMS North Star destroying Pomare's Pā, 1845. Painting by John Williams.
HMS Resolute and Intrepid winter quarters, Melville Island, 1852–53
HMS Assistance and Pioneer breaking out of winter quarters, 1854
Resolute desk
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The Resolute desk, also known as the Hayes desk, is a nineteenth-century partners desk used by several presidents of the United States in the White House as the Oval Office desk, including the five mo
Edward Belcher
…Kingdom, and when many years later the ship was broken up, its timbers were used to make a desk for the American president by way of a thank you. This Resolute desk, a gift from Queen Victoria, is still used today in the Oval Office. Despite his achievements, Belcher would later be described by a Hydrographer of…
President Barack Obama sitting at the Resolute desk in 2009
The Resolute desk before any modifications were made in William Howard Taft's Presidential Study
President Ronald Reagan working at the Resolute desk with both the kneehole panel and plinth additions visible
A view of Resolute, Intrepid, Pioneer, and Assistance, before they left Beechey Island