The Bombardment of Algiers, 27 August 1816 Frame:Natural The Royal Observatory Greenwich Gold-Plated

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Author: Peter Frankopan

Pepys' fame derives both from the private diary he kept from 1660 to 1669

In 1884 the Prime Meridian was defined by the position of the large 'Transit Circle' telescope in the Observatory’s Meridian Observatory

you’ll find it outside the Royal Observatory in Greenwich Park

The Bombardment of Algiers, 27 August 1816 Frame:Natural The Royal Observatory Greenwich Gold-PlatedIn 1816 a squadron under Admiral Sir Edward Pellew was fitted out and sent to Algiers where they arrived, in company with a small Dutch squadron, on 27 August 1816. They sought the release of the British Consul, who had been detained, and over 1000 Christian slaves, many being seamen taken by the Algerines. When they received no reply the fleet bombarded Algiers in the most spectacular of several similar punitive actions of this period that finally