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Relics of the Franklin Expedition: Discovering Artifacts from the Doomed Arctic Voyage of 1845

Relics of the Franklin Expedition: Discovering Artifacts from the Doomed Arctic Voyage of 1845 - Paperback

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Availability:In StockContributor:Garth WalpoleAudience:Young AdultPublish date:2017-01-25Pages:240
Language:EnglishPublisher:McFarland & CompanyISBN-13:9781476667188ISBN-10:1476667187UPC:9781476667188Book Category:Transportation, Travel, HistoryBook Subcategory:Ships & Shipbuilding, Canada, WorldSize:9.90 x 6.90 x 0.60 inchesWeight:2.4515Product ID:SCCMRWTXQE

Sir John Franklin's Arctic expedition departed England in 1845 with two Royal Navy bomb vessels, 129 men and three years' worth of provisions. None were seen again until nearly a decade later, when their bleached bones, broken instruments, books, papers and personal effects began to be recovered on Canada's King William Island. These relics have since had a life of their own--photographed, analyzed, cataloged and displayed in glass cases in London.

This book gives a definitive history of their preservation and exhibition from the Victorian era to the present, richly illustrated with period engravings and photographs, many never before published. Appendices provide the first comprehensive accounting of all expedition relics recovered prior to the 2014 discovery of Franklin's ship HMS Erebus.

Language:EnglishPublisher:McFarland & CompanyISBN-13:9781476667188ISBN-10:1476667187UPC:9781476667188Book Category:Transportation, Travel, HistoryBook Subcategory:Ships & Shipbuilding, Canada, WorldSize:9.90 x 6.90 x 0.60 inchesWeight:2.4515Product ID:SCCMRWTXQE
Garth Walpole was born in 1961 in Hobart, Tasmania. He earned a degree in history and archaeology at the University of Bangor in Wales, where his fascination with the lost Arctic expedition of Sir John Franklin began. He died April 7, 2015, not long after completing this book. Russell Potter lives in Smithfield, Rhode Island.
Publisher: McFarland & Company

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