Franklin, John

has biography | a une biographie: British naval officer, explorer and colonial administrator. Franklin was Lieutenant-Governor of Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania) from 1839 to 1843.

Franklin's lost expedition to the Canadian Arctic in 1845 resulted in considerable efforts to try to locate the remains of their two ships, HMS Erebus and HMS Terror, and their crews. In 1854, the Scottish explorer John Rae (1813-1893) collected testimony in from the Inuit people about the fate of the expedition, which included suggestions that some crew members had been forced to resort to cannibalism to survive. The testimony provided by the Inuits was met with considerable racist outcry from sections of Victorian society, including Charles Dickens (1812-1870), which effectively tarnished Rae's reputation.
was born | est né: 16 April 1786
died in | est mort par: 11 June 1847
has nationality | a la nationalité: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
has type | est de type: depicted

is referred to by | est référencé par: Wikipedia - John Franklin; Wikipedia - Franklin's lost expedition; Art UK; National Portrait Gallery

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