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Archive Reference / Library Class No.D8760/F/LIB/5/5
Former ReferenceD3311/174
Title"Notice Biographique sur l'Amiral Sir John Franklin", by M. de la Roquette, correspondent of La Societe de Geographie
Date[1857]
DescriptionPrinted by L. Mignon, Rue Mignon, Paris, 67 pages, plus copy of portrait of Sir John Franklin (based on Negelson portrait) at front, with chart of Arctic shores on America and part of Asia, based on official documents drawn by J. Arrowsmith, and facsimiles of letters (i) by John Franklin from Government House, Hobart, to John Barrow of the Admiralty, 22 Jun 1837, (ii) by John Franklin from Fort Franklin, Great Bear Lake, to R.F. Murchison, 6 Nov 1825, and (iii) by W.E. Parry from Stamford Hall, to John Franklin, at Mrs Burnside's, Castle Gate, Nottingham, 23 Oct 1823.
Extent1 volume
LevelItem
RepositoryDerbyshire Record Office
Archive CreatorGell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth
FormatPrinted
LanguageFrench
TermNaval personnel
Navy officers
Sailors
Explorers
Arctic regions
Geographical exploration
Franklin Expedition (1845)

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Roquette; Jean Bernard Marie Alexandre Dezos de la (1784-1868); French army officer, geographer, translator and author
Franklin; Sir; John (1786-1847); naval officer and Arctic explorer
Arrowsmith; John (1790-1873); cartographer and map publisher
Murchison; Sir; Roderick Impey (1792-1871); geologist and geographer
Barrow; Sir; John (1764-1848); Admiralty Secretary and promoter of Arctic exploration and author
Parry; William Edward (1790-1855); Sir; naval officer and Arctic explorer
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