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Bookmark or Share- Franklin's lost expedition - WikipediaFranklin's lost expedition was a failed British voyage of Arctic exploration led by Captain Sir John Franklin that departed England in 1845 aboard two ships, HMS Erebus and HMS Terror, and was assigned to traverse the last unnavigated sections of the Northwest Passage in the Canadian Arctic and to record magnetic data to help determine whether ...
- What Happened to the Doomed Franklin Expedition? These Are ... - HISTORYMembers of the arctic expedition led by British explorer Sir John Franklin struggling in their attempt to discover the Northwest passage in 1847.
- John Franklin - WikipediaSir John Franklin KCH FRS FLS FRGS (16 April 1786 – 11 June 1847) was a British Royal Navy officer, explorer and colonial administrator.
- Sir John Franklin - Encyclopedia.comThe English explorer Sir John Franklin (1786-1847) is perhaps the most important figure in the search for the Northwest Passage. In the 40-year period after the Napoleonic Wars, the British Admiralty took up the challenge of finding the elusive Northwest Passage, along the northern coast of North America between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.
- What happened to HMS Erebus and Terror? - Royal Museums GreenwichSir John Franklin's expedition to search for the North-West Passage ended in tragedy. How can we piece together the story of what happened from the objects left behind?
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