Thomas Mitchell (explorer)
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Sir Thomas Livingstone Mitchell, often called Major Mitchell, was a Scottish surveyor and explorer of Southeastern Australia. He was born in Scotland and served in the British Army during the Peninsul
Portrait of Major Sir Thomas Mitchell (c. 1830s)
Centenary memorial erected in 1946 at Mitchell, Queensland, to commemorate explorer Thomas Mitchell's naming of the nearby Maranoa River
Engraving of Major Sir Thomas Mitchell
The pair of French .50 calibre pistols used in the duel, now held at the National Museum of Australia
Peninsular War
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The Peninsular War was fought in the Iberian Peninsula by the Iberian nations Spain and Portugal, along with the United Kingdom, against the invading and occupying forces of the First French Empire du
Thomas Mitchell (explorer)
…called Major Mitchell, was a Scottish surveyor and explorer of Southeastern Australia. He was born in Scotland and served in the British Army during the Peninsular War. In 1827 he took up an appointment as Assistant Surveyor General of New South Wales. The following year he became Surveyor General and remained in this…
Peninsular war collage
Portrait of Prince John of Braganza by Jean-Baptiste Debret (1817).
Napoleon Bonaparte by Andrea Appiani (1805).
Prince Fernando VII of Spain by Vicente López Portaña