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D8760 - Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth - 1714-1994
F - Family records of the extended Franklin family and the Gell family of Hopton Hall - 1714-1994
LIB - Printed volumes and other printed material, mostly on Sir John Franklin and related topics - 1714-1994
5 - Books written on Sir John Franklin, the expeditions sent out to search for him, his ships and his crews, and exploration for the North West Passage in general - 1821-1954
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Archive Reference / Library Class No.
D8760/F/LIB/5/15
Former Reference
D3311/194
Title
"In the Icy North: Arctic Explorers: Sir John Franklin, Fridtjof Nansen", by Henry Harbour
Date
[c1904]
Description
Published by Collins, London, Glasgow and New York [date not given, but references in text clearly make it 20th century], part of biography series of famous men and women.
182 pages (Franklin on pages 5-102, Nansen on 103-182)
Given to Brunnhilde Greaves to Philip Gell [?her uncle], Christmas 1904.
Extent
1 volume
Level
Item
Repository
Derbyshire Record Office
Archive Creator
Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth
Format
Printed
Term
Geographical exploration
Arctic regions
Explorers
Geographical exploration
Navy officers
Naval personnel
Sailors
Franklin Expedition (1845)
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Harbour; Henry (fl 1900); Author
Greaves; Agnes Dorothea Brunnhilde (fl 1904)
Nansen; Fridtjof (1861-1930); Norwegian explorer
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