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Sir John Franklin KCH FRS FLS FRGS (16 April 1786 – 11 June 1847) was a British Royal Navy officer, explorer and colonial administrator.
Jun 7, 2024 · Sir John Franklin, English rear admiral and explorer who led an ill-fated expedition (1845) in search of the Northwest Passage, a Canadian Arctic waterway connecting the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. His ships the Terror and the Erebus were discovered by Canadian expeditions in the 21st century.
Franklin expedition, British expedition (1845–48), led by Sir John Franklin, to find the Northwest Passage through Canada and to record magnetic information as a possible aid to navigation. The expedition ended in one of the worst disasters in the history of polar exploration.
Introduction. In the late 19th century, there were several British expeditions launched to search for the Northwest Passage, a waterway through Canada believed to have connected the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. One of the most well known of those expeditions was in 1845, led by Sir John Franklin.
1786-1847. English Explorer and Naval Officer. F amed arctic explorer John Franklin was born in Spilsby, Lincolnshire. Following elementary and grammar school education, he went to sea over his father's objections.
Jun 8, 2018 · Franklin, Sir John (1786–1847). After a distinguished naval career in the wars against Napoleon, Franklin became the most famous British Arctic explorer of his day. Then, like Livingstone, at the end of his life, he became even more of a national figure by disappearing into the unknown.
Jan 2, 2008 · Sir John Franklin, naval officer, Arctic explorer (born 16 April 1786 in Spilsby, England; died 11 June 1847 aboard HMS Erebus near King William Island, Nunavut ). Franklin’s name is synonymous with Arctic exploration and the Northwest Passage.
Mar 30, 2012 · More than six decades before Scott reached the South Pole, Sir John Franklin led an expedition into the Canadian Arctic that would turn into the greatest catastrophe in polar history.
Mar 18, 2016 · They departed with 134 crew members commanded by Sir John Franklin, 59, a decorated explorer famous for his previous journeys to the north. The ships were former bomb vessels that had been...
Feb 28, 2006 · Led by seasoned naval captain Sir John Franklin, 128 men set off from London in May of 1845 to pioneer a route through the icy Northwest Passage. Three years later, there was still no word from...
