Title

Sir John Franklin

Caption

Sir John Franklin, 1786-1847. English Royal Navy officer, explorer of the Arctic and Lieutenant-Governor of Van Diemen's Land (now Tasmania) from 1837 to 1843. He disappeared on his last expedition, attempting to chart and navigate a section of the Nor

Credit line

Photo12/Universal Images Group

Reference

UMG20B27_289

License type

Rights managed

Available size

50,1Mb (6,8Mb) / 12,0in x 16,2in / 3604 x 4859 (300dpi)

Keywords

Arctic Exploration Navigate Illustration History Portrait Polar Tasmania Chart Last John Century Officer English Expedition Archive Disappeared Explorer Explorers 19th Historical Canadian 18th Old Nineteenth Eighteenth Sir Franklin Regions Archival Disappearance Britsh Northwest Passage The Terror Royal Navy Lieutenant-Governor Van Diemen's Land The Erebus