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Archive Reference / Library Class No.D8760/F/FLJ/2/2
Former ReferenceD3311/51/4
TitleWritten copy of "Notice of the Expeditions of Discovery and Search now in the Arctic Seas", written by Lady Franklin
DateApr 1849
DescriptionRecording summary of information on Franklin's expedition of 1845, and the three search expeditions sent out in 1848; a ship, the Plover, under the command of Captain Moore, travelling from the east via Behring Straits; a boat under Sir John Richardson, exploring coast between Mackenzie and Coppermine rivers; and two ships, the Enterpise and Investigator, under Sir James Ross and Captain Bird, via Lancaster Sound; the North Star storeship is to be dispatched to Davis Straits to communicate with Sir James Ross.
Extent1 sheet
LevelItem
RepositoryDerbyshire Record Office
Archive CreatorJane Griffin later Lady Franklin (1791-1875)
Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth
FormatDocument
TermGeographical exploration
Arctic regions
Explorers
Franklin Expedition (1845)

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Franklin; Lady; Jane (1791-1875); second wife of Sir John Franklin, campaigner and traveller
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