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John Franklin

1786 - 1847
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About John Franklin

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Rear-Admiral Sir John Franklin (16 April 1786 – 11 June 1847) was a British Royal Navy officer, explorer and colonial administrator. After serving in the Napoleonic Wars and the War of 1812, he led two expeditions into the Canadian Arctic and through the islands of the Arctic Archipelago, during the Coppermine expedition of 1819 and the Mackenzie River expedition of 1825, and served as Lieutenant-Governor of Van Diemen's Land from 1837 to 1843.

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Cover of Narrative of a Second Expedition to the Shores of the Polar Sea, in the Years 1825, 1826, and 1827

Narrative of a Second Expedition to the Shores of the Polar Sea, in the Years 1825, 1826, and 1827

Arctic regions

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Cover of Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of the Polar Sea, in the Years 1819-20-21-22, Volume 1

Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of the Polar Sea, in the Years 1819-20-21-22, Volume 1

Arctic regions

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Cover of Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of the Polar Sea, in the years 1819-20-21-22, Volume 2

Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of the Polar Sea, in the years 1819-20-21-22, Volume 2

Arctic regions

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Cover of The Journey to the Polar Sea

The Journey to the Polar Sea

Arctic regions

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