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Description: | A relic of Sir John Franklin's last expedition 1845-8. A piece of a telescope draw tube. It has screw threads at both ends and one end bound with string. It may have been obtained by the Schwatka expedition from Inuit on the Hayes River.
See Franklin Room, case 3, 15 'Piece of a telescope made over by natives in Hayes River'. The expedition accounts mention 'a few trifling relics' but do not specify in detail. Schwatka was at this Inuit encampment from 15-17 May 1879.
caption: Telescope barrel | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | McClintock Expedition Francis Leopold Franklin John McClintock | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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