Picture No | 10217895 |
Date | 1849 |
Description | HMS 'Enterprise' and HMS 'Investigator' return to Britain |
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HMS 'Enterprise' and HMS 'Investigator' on their return to Britain, 1849. These ships were commanded by Captain Sir James C. Ross on a search and rescue mission; trying to find Sir John Franklin in the Northwest Passage between 1848-1849.
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Source | Engraving by E. Weedon in 'The Illustrated London News', 17 November 1849, page 321 |
Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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