John Franklin
Rear-Admiral Sir John Franklin KCH FRGS RN (16 April 1786 – 11 June 1847) was a British Royal Navy officer and Arctic explorer. Franklin also served as governor of Tasmania for several years. In his last expedition, he disappeared while attempting to chart and navigate a section of the Northwest Passage in the Canadian Arctic. The entire crew perished from starvation, hypothermia, tuberculosis, lead poisoning and scurvy, and the expedition's icebound ships were abandoned in desperation.
Read more about John Franklin: Early Life, 1819: Franklin's First and Second Expeditions, 1823: Marriage and Third Arctic Expedition, 1836: Lieutenant-Governor of Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania), 1843 Visit To Victoria, 1845 Northwest Passage Expedition, Historical Legacy
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