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Description: | A relic of Sir John Franklin's last expedition 1845-48. A tin cylinder with a lid found in an abandoned boat at Erebus Bay, King William Island, in May 1859 by the McClintock Search Expedition 1857-59. A cylindrical container made of iron plate, tinned and soldered with a cap. It contains a smaller round tin lid. The number '25' is marked on a paper label inside'.
McClintock's party reached this site on 30 May and discovered that Hobson had been there a few days before on 18 May. The boat was 28 foot long and mounted on a heavy sledge. McClintock found it just above high tide mark pointing back in the direction of the ships and containing a large quantity of abandoned personal possessions and two skeletons.
caption: Tin | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | McClintock Expedition Fox 1855 tins Portsmouth Francis Leopold Franklin Royal Naval Museum John McClintock | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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