Edward Whymper, British mountaineer mb-code 1619044 Original: photogravure print

Original: photogravure print

'A Pleasure Excursion - First-Class

18th August 1965

showing the gate on fire during the Great Fire of London 1666 at the point when the walls of Ludgate Gaol fell

Britain was generally supportive of the Italian struggle but very suspicious of French involvement and intentions

Edward Whymper, British mountaineer mb-code 1619044 Original: photogravure printEdward Whymper, British mountaineer, 1865 (1956). Whymper is best known for his involvement in the first ascent of the Matterhorn, accomplished in 1865. Whymper reached the summit with Charles Hudson, Lord Francis Douglas, Douglas Hadow, accompanied by guides Michel Croz and the two Peter Taugwalders (father and son). Hadow, Croz, Hudson and Douglas were killed in a fall on the descent. He later went on to travel and climb in Greenland, South America