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Relics of the Franklin Expedition : discovering artifacts from the doomed Arctic voyage of 1845 / Garth Walpole ; edited by Russell Potter.

Title
Relics of the Franklin Expedition : discovering artifacts from the doomed Arctic voyage of 1845 / Garth Walpole ; edited by Russell Potter.
Author
Walpole, Garth,
Publication
Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2017]

Holdings

Details

Additional Authors
Potter, Russell A., 1960-
Description
viii, 229 pages; 26 cm
Summary
"This book gives a definitive history of their preservation and exhibition from the Victorian era to the present, richly illustrated with period engravings and photographs, many never before published. Appendices provide the first comprehensive accounting of all expedition relics recovered prior to the 2014 discovery of Franklin's ship HMS Erebus"--
Subject
  • Arctic regions > Discovery and exploration
  • Canada, Northern > Discovery and exploration
  • John Franklin Arctic Expedition (1845-1851)
  • Northwest Passage > British
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
ISBN
  • 9781476667188
  • 1476667187
  • 9781476627120 (canceled/invalid)
LCCN
^^2016056112