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| Picture No | 10217749 |
| Date | 1859 |
| Description | Birthplace of Sir John Franklin, Spilsby, Lincolnshire, 1859 |
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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.
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| Source | Illustrated London News, 29 October 1859, page 430 |
| Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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