Rear Admiral Sir John Franklin

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of Cited by: 1. Rear Admiral Sir John Franklin, KCH, FRGS was a British sea captain and Arctic explorer whose final expedition disappeared while attempting to chart and navigate the Northwest Passage in the Canadian Arctic.

The entire crew was lost and its fate remained a mystery for 14 years/5. Rear Admiral Sir John Franklin: A Narrative of the Rear Admiral Sir John Franklin book and Causes Which Led to the Failure of the Searching Expeditions Sent by Government and Others for the Rescue of Sir John Franklin by John Ross John RossPages: Rear Admiral Sir John Franklin : A Narrative of the Circumstances and Causes Which Led to the Failure of the Searching Expeditions Sent by Government and Others for the Rescue of Sir John Franklin by Sir John Ross | Sir John Franklin was the Sir Edmund Hillary of early Victorian times, a popular hero whose exploits were followed by a large public on both sides of the Atlantic.

His last Arctic expedition set sale inby it had disappeared : Noel Wright. Sir John Franklin, English rear admiral and explorer who led an ill-fated expedition () in search of the Northwest Passage, a Canadian Arctic waterway connecting the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.

His ships the Terror and the Erebus were. Rear-Admiral Sir John Franklin (16 April – 11 June ) was a British Royal Navy officer and explorer of the Arctic. Franklin also served as Lieutenant-Governor of Van Diemen's Land (now Tasmania) from to He disappeared on his last expedition, attempting to chart and navigate a section of the Northwest Passage in the Canadian Arctic.

The icebound ships were abandoned and Branch: Tomas. 16 books related to Sir John Franklin you need to read. After years there are claims that one of Sir John Franklin’s ships has been found by a Canadian team that has been searching since The original, intensive search for Franklin’s lost expedition involved huge resources and numerous voyages to the Arctic.

It was this book that was to win John Goodsir international acclaim and led to Rudolph Virchow dedicating his epoch-making volume to him. Franklin expedition [ edit ] Rear Admiral Sir John Franklin, who had previously served on three expeditions to the Arctic, set off in what would prove Franklin's final expedition incommanding HMS Erebus and HMS : 3 NovemberAnstruther, Fife, Scotland.

Rear-Admiral Sir John Franklin, Commander of Arctic Expeditions () Sir John Franklin was born Ap in England, and he died on J aboard the HMS Erebus off King William Island, now part of Nunavut when he was 59 years old.

Franklin entered the Royal Navy in. Sir John Franklin (), rear admiral, Arctic explorer and lieutenant-governor, was born on 16 April at Spilsby, Lincolnshire, England, ninth of the twelve children of Willingham Franklin and his wife Hannah, née Weekes. Rear Admiral Sir John Franklin: A Narrative of the Circumstances and Causes Which Led to the Failure of the Searching Expeditions Sent by Government Library Collection - Polar Exploration) Paperback – 12 Jul by John Ross (Author)Author: John Ross.

Paul Watson tells the story of their loss and discovery in his book Ice Ghosts: The Epic Hunt for the Lost Franklin Expedition. The two ships and every member of their crews officers, seamen, and marines under the command of the Admiraltys third choice for the job, Rear Admiral Sir John Franklin-were lost somewhere in The oceans always have /5.

FRANKLIN, Sir JOHN, naval officer, explorer, colonial governor, and author; b. 16 April in Spilsby, England, son of Willingham Franklin and Hannah Weeks; m. first 19 Aug. Eleanor Anne Porden (d.

) in London, England, and they had one daughter; m. secondly 5 Nov. Jane Griffin* in Stanmore (London), England; they had no children; d. 11 Juneprobably on board hms Erebus.

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Sir Francis Leopold McClintock KCB FRS (8 July – 17 November ) was an Irish explorer in the British Royal Navy, known for his discoveries in the Canadian Arctic confirmed explorer John Rae's controversial report gathered from Inuit sources on the fate of Franklin's lost expedition, the ill-fated Royal Navy undertaking commanded by Sir John Franklin in to be the Children: John William McClintock.

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Written By: FRANKLIN, SIR JOHN. FRANKLIN, S ir J ohn, Rear-Admiral of the Blue, was a native of Spilsby, in Lincolnshire. Sprung from a line of freeholders, or “Franklins,” his father inherited a small family estate, which was so deeply mortgaged by his immediate predecessor that it was found.