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Archive Reference / Library Class No.	D8760/F/LIB/6/6/8
Former Reference	D3311/103
Title	Souvenir folder entitled "The Discoveries of the Expedition under the command of Captain Franklin, R.N.: Prudhoe Bay, 1826-1976", curated with the assistance of author Roderic Owen
Date	1976
Description	Distributed by courtesy of British Petroleum; comprising biographical note on Roderic Owen, notice of talk to be given by Roderic Owen entitled "The Fate of Franklin" to be given at the Anchorage Historical and Fine Arts Museum on 16 Aug 1976 (on the 150 anniversary of Prudhoe Bay being discovered and named by Franklin), copies of plates of 7 drawings by Lietenant George Back (as appeared in Franklin's "Second Journey to The Polar Sea"), copies of 3 small charts from Lieutenant Back's rough survey book, photograph of group, including Roderic Owen, at the unveiling of the Franklin Memorial at Prudhoe Bay, and copy of chart of the discoveries of the expedition under the command of Captain Franklin in 1825-1826 compiled by Lieutenant E.N. Kendall, Assistant Surveyor.
Extent	14 items
Level	Item
Repository	Derbyshire Record Office
Archive Creator	Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth
Format	Printed
Term	Naval personnel
	Navy officers
	Sailors
	Explorers
	Arctic regions
	Geographical exploration
	Franklin Expedition (1845)

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