Ad
related to: franklin's lost expedition 1845 set list of names
Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Age (as of 1845) Sir John Franklin: Captain: Lincolnshire: 59 James Fitzjames: Commander: London: 31 Graham Gore: First Lieutenant (Commander) Plymouth: 35 Henry Thomas Dundas Le Vesconte: Second Lieutenant Devon: 31 James Walter Fairholme: Third Lieutenant Perth, Scotland: 24 James Reid: Ice-Master: Aberdeen: 45 Robert Orme Sargent: First Mate ...
Franklin's lost expedition was a failed British voyage of Arctic exploration led by Captain Sir John Franklin that departed England in 1845 aboard two ships, HMS Erebus and HMS Terror, and was assigned to traverse the last unnavigated sections of the Northwest Passage in the Canadian Arctic and to record magnetic data to help determine whether ...
British expedition to explore the Gambia River and the hinterland of Africa's west coast. Bass expedition: George Bass: 1803 Pacific Ocean British expedition to Tahiti, and possibly to the Spanish colony of Chile, before returning to the Sydney colony. Franklin's lost expedition: John Franklin: 1845 Victoria Strait (Canadian Arctic)
Pages in category "Franklin's lost expedition" The following 40 pages are in this category, out of 40 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
Member of Franklin's lost expedition; identification of remains via DNA analysis in 2021 John Gregory (6 September 1806—c. May 1848) was an English railway and naval engineer. He served as engineer aboard HMS Erebus during the 1845 Franklin Expedition , which sought to explore uncharted parts of what is now Nunavut , including the Northwest ...
For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us
1850–1851: First Grinnell expedition led by Edwin De Haven, the first American search for the members of Franklin's lost expedition, finds the graves of crew members John Torrington, William Braine and John Hartnell on Beechey Island; 1851: William Kennedy leads a search expedition for Franklin in the Prince Albert, sponsored by Lady Franklin
Sir John Franklin’s doomed expedition to the Arctic captivated the Victorian public with its mysterious disappearance, fruitless rescue missions and gory tales of cannibalism.