Sir John Franklin
1786-1847
English Explorer and Naval Officer
Famed arctic explorer John Franklin was born in Spilsby, Lincolnshire. Following elementary and grammar school education, he went to sea ...
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John Franklin
Born April 16, 1786, Spilsby, Lincolnshire, England Died June 11, 1847, Near King William Island, British Arctic Islands
Sir John Franklin’s interest in geography and exploration...
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John Franklin will always be better known, deservedly, for the events of his life than for his narratives of them; yet his two books of early-nineteenth-century arctic travels present some of the best...
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The English explorer Sir John Franklin (1786-1847) is perhaps the most important figure in the search for the Northwest Passage.In the 40-year period after the Napoleonic Wars, the British Admiralty t...
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