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Archive Reference / Library Class No.D8760/F/LIB/5/9/1
Former ReferenceD3311/226
Title"The Fate of Sir John Franklin", by Captain F.L. McClintock
Date1869
DescriptionSubtitled "The Voyage of the Fox in the Arctic Seas in search of Franklin and His Companions".
3rd edition, published by John Murray, London, 1869; dedicated to Lady Franklin.
326 pages, plus 48 pages of preface and introduction and 2 maps at front (detached) and rear.
Front cover embossed with copy of medallion of Sir John Franklin by Pierre David
Copy with bookplate of Philip Lyttelton Gell on front endpaper (said to have been given to him by Lady Franklin).
Extent1 volume
LevelItem
RepositoryDerbyshire Record Office
Archive CreatorGell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth
TermArctic exploration
Arctic regions
Admiralty
Naval personnel
Navy officers
Sailors

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Franklin; Sir; John (1786-1847); naval officer and Arctic explorer
McClintock; Sir; Francis Leopold (1819-1907); navy officer and Arctic explorer
Gell; Philip Lyttelton (1852-1926); company director and businessman
Fox; 1854-1912; ship
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