Sujet

Relics of the Franklin Expedition, 1854. Creator: Unknown.

Légende

Relics of the Franklin Expedition, 1854. Items recovered from the ill-fated 1845 expedition led by Sir John Franklin, to find the Northwest Passage. The ships became icebound off King William Island in what is now Nunavut, and the entire crew died, from causes such as starvation, hypothermia, and scurvy. 'Cook's knife; knife handle; button; gold-lace band; seaman's knife'. From "Illustrated London News", 1854.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Notre référence

HRM22B07_065

Model release

NA

Property release

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Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

20,2Mo (1,6Mo) / 32,7cm x 15,5cm / 3865 x 1829 (300dpi)

Mots clés

button buttons British tools tool war century Britain newspapers press expedition concept navigation compass knife Navy navigational instrument B&W haberdashery navigational device warfare naval warfare 19th century black & white black and white B W belongings nineteenth century Royal Navy The Print Collector Illustrated London News Northwest Passage ILN newspaper engraving Unknown John Franklin John Franklin Sir John Franklin Sir John 19th-century