Relics of the Franklin Expedition : discovering artifacts from the doomed Arctic voyage of 1845 /

Sir John Franklin's Arctic expedition departed England in 1845 with two Royal Navy bomb vessels, 129 men and three years'worth of provisions. None were seen again until nearly a decade later, when their bleached bones, broken instruments, books, papers and personal effects began to be reco...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Walpole, Garth (Autor)
Otros Autores: Potter, Russell (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Jefferson NC : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2017]
Temas:
Franklin, John, > 1786-1847 > Sources.
Franklin, John, > 1786-1847
Shipwrecks > Arctic regions > Sources.
Explorers > Material culture.
Naufrages > Arctique > Sources.
Explorateurs > Culture matérielle.
TRAVEL > Australia & Oceania.
Antiquities
Discoveries in geography
Shipwrecks
Northwest Passage > Discovery and exploration.
Arctic regions > Discovery and exploration.
Arctic regions > Antiquities.
Nord-Ouest, Passage du > Découverte et exploration.
Arctique > Découverte et exploration.
Arctique > Antiquités.
Arctic Ocean > Northwest Passage
Arctic Regions
Sources
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The material biography of relics: a physical and spiritual relationship
  • The continued search for relics, 1851-1854
  • Examining the relics
  • The material and social value of the relics
  • The relics: their past, present and future.

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