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1 online resource (viii, 229 pages) |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Summary |
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 recovered on Canada's King William Island. These relics have since had a life of their own--photographed, analyzed, cataloged and displayed in glass cases in London. 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. |
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"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"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 214-225) and index. |
| Contents |
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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Franklin, John, 1786-1847 -- Sources.
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Franklin, John, 1786-1847. |
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Sources.
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| Subject |
Shipwrecks -- Arctic regions -- Sources.
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Shipwrecks. |
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Arctic Regions. |
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Explorers -- Material culture.
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Explorers. |
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Northwest Passage -- Discovery and exploration.
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Arctic regions -- Discovery and exploration.
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Discoveries in geography. |
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Arctic regions -- Antiquities.
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Antiquities. |
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Material culture. |
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TRAVEL -- Australia & Oceania. |
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Arctic Ocean -- Northwest Passage. |
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Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Potter, Russell, editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Walpole, Garth. Relics of the Franklin Expedition. Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., [2017] 9781476667188 (DLC) 2016056112 (OCoLC)952390211 |
| ISBN |
9781476627120 (electronic book) |
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1476627126 (electronic book) |
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9781476667188 (softcover ; alkaline paper) |
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1476667187 (softcover ; alkaline paper) |
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