MAKE A MEME
View Large Image
| View Original: | Franklinexpeditionnote.jpg (1576x2506) | |||
| Download: | Original | Medium | Small | Thumb |
| Courtesy of: | commons.wikimedia.org | More Like This | ||
| Keywords: Franklinexpeditionnote.jpg Note found by Francis Leopold McClintock's Expedition team in a cairn on King William Island in 1859 detailing the fate of the Franklin Expedition Written on a standard Admiralty form there are two messages visible First message 28 of May 1847 H M Ships Erebus and Terror Wintered in the Ice in Lat 70°5'N Long 98° 23'W Having wintered in 1846-7 at Beechey Island in Lat 74°43'28 N Long 91°39'15 W After having ascended Wellington Channel to Lat 77° and returned by the West side of Cornwallis Island Sir John Franklin commanding the Expedition All well Party consisting of 2 Officers and 6 Men left the ships on Monday 24th May 1847 ”Gm Gore Lieut Chas F DesVoeux Mate The first message includes an error about the date of wintering at Beechey Island It was written in the field under duress and from memory Its dating discrepancy was noted when it was first discovered and is mentioned in Cyriax and many other books in the article's bibliography This clarification added by Finetooth <span class signature-talk >talk</span> 18 43 26 November 2009 UTC based on discussions on the talk page Second message 25th April 1848 HMShips Terror and Erebus were deserted on the 22nd April 5 leagues NNW of this having been beset since 12th Sept 1846 The officers and crews consisting of 105 souls under the command of Captain F R M Crozier landed here ”in Lat 69°37'42 Long 98°41' This paper was found by Lt Irving under the cairn supposed to have been built by Sir James Ross in 1831 ”4 miles to the Northward ”where it had been deposited by the late Commander Gore in June May is scratched out by the writer 1847 Sir James Ross' pillar has not however been found and the paper has been transferred to this position which is that in which Sir J Ross' pillar was erected ”Sir John Franklin died on the 11th of June 1847 and the total loss by deaths in the Expedition has been to this date 9 officers and 15 men ”James Fitzjames Captain HMS Erebus F R M Crozier Captain Senior Offr And start on tomorrow 26th for Backs Fish River Printed instructions to finder English W<small>HOEVER</small> finds this paper is requested to forward it to the Secretary of the Admiralty London with a note of the time and place at which it was found or if more convenient to deliver it for that purpose to the British Consul at the nearest Port Followed by parallel instructions in French Spanish Dutch Danish and German PD-old History of the Arctic John Franklin's lost expedition | ||||
