Birthplace of Sir John Franklin, Spilsby, Lincolnshire, 1859

The house in Spilsby, Lincolnshire, where the British naval commander and explorer, Sir John Franklin, was born in 1786. Franklin achieved fame by leading an ill-fated expedition to the Arctic region in 1845 in search of the North-west passage. He found the passage, but paid with the lives of himself and his crew

1786 Achieved Birthplace Fated Lincolnshire Paid Spilsby

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