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Archive Reference / Library Class No.	D8760/F/LIB/5/5
Former Reference	D3311/174
Title	"Notice Biographique sur l'Amiral Sir John Franklin", by M. de la Roquette, correspondent of La Societe de Geographie
Date	[1857]
Description	Printed 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.
Extent	1 volume
Level	Item
Repository	Derbyshire Record Office
Archive Creator	Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth
Format	Printed
Language	French
Term	Naval personnel
	Navy officers
	Sailors
	Explorers
	Arctic regions
	Geographical exploration
	Franklin Expedition (1845)