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| Archive Reference / Library Class No. | D8760/F/FJR/1/3/5 |
| Former Reference | D3311/51/3 |
| Title | Written copy of "Notice of the Expeditions of Discovery and Search now in the Arctic Seas" |
| Date | Apr 1849 |
| Description | Recording 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. Postcript added that Sir James had returned since note was written. |
| Extent | 1 sheet |
| Level | Item |
| Repository | Derbyshire Record Office |
| Archive Creator | Sir John Richardson (1787-1865) |
| Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth |
| Format | Document |
| Term | Franklin Expedition (1845) |
| Arctic regions |
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