Documents relating to Arctic Expeditions, 1853

Summary Description: A collection of various documents relating to the search and rescue expeditions organised to uncover the fate of the lost Franklin expedition. Includes letters from commanders and admiralty, printed orders, newspaper clippings, journals of proceedings for a number of ships, temperature records, and provisions lists. The section on 'Orders to & proceeding of Capt. E. A. Inglefield on HMS Phoenix' includes the letter to the admiralty declaring the discovery of the Northwest passage. There is also much detail on 'Edward Belcher's Arctic searching expedition'.
General noteAMDigital Reference: ADM 7/195.
Original versionReproduction of: Documents relating to Arctic Expeditions, 1853 1853.
Location of originalThe National Archives, UK
Copyright noteThe National Archives, UK
Source of descriptionDescription based on online resource (viewed on May 28, 2018).

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