Sir John Franklin (1786-1847) British naval officer

Sir John Franklin (1786-1847) British naval officer and arctic explorer commanded the 1845 expedition of the ships Erebus and Terror to search for the North West Passage. All members of the expedition perished. Here the remains of two of them have been found by members of the Franklin Search Expedition of 1857, led by Francis Leopold McClintock (1819-1907) in command of the Fox'. Engraving from Le Voleur (Paris, 4 May 1877)

1877 Commanded Erebus Mcclintock Perished Voleur

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