Franklin’s men and their families: New evidence from the Allotment Books
Abstract A rich seam of scientific research has been opened by the recent location of both shipwrecks from the disastrous 1845 Franklin northwest passage expedition. Even more than the forensic study of any human remains, the contents of Her Majesty’s Discovery Ships Erebus and Terror have already b...
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crcambridgeupr:10.1017/s0032247418000451 2024-03-03T08:42:01+00:00 Franklin’s men and their families: New evidence from the Allotment Books Lloyd-Jones, Ralph 2018 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0032247418000451 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0032247418000451 en eng Cambridge University Press (CUP) https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms Polar Record volume 54, issue 4, page 267-274 ISSN 0032-2474 1475-3057 General Earth and Planetary Sciences Ecology Geography, Planning and Development journal-article 2018 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.1017/s0032247418000451 2024-02-08T08:33:29Z Abstract A rich seam of scientific research has been opened by the recent location of both shipwrecks from the disastrous 1845 Franklin northwest passage expedition. Even more than the forensic study of any human remains, the contents of Her Majesty’s Discovery Ships Erebus and Terror have already begun to illuminate the day-to-day lives of Victorian sailors in the Arctic. Yet many hitherto unexamined but informative documents have survived too, both in the British National Archives and at local levels throughout the United Kingdom, which also enable us to focus upon those men, their work and families, thereby gaining a far better understanding of their meticulously planned but ultimately doomed voyage. This article examines the previously ignored Royal Navy Allotment Books and cross-references them with other contemporary records, such as censuses and parish registers, to give us new insights into the backgrounds of the crews of HMSs Erebus and Terror . Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Northwest passage Polar Record Cambridge University Press Arctic Northwest Passage Polar Record 54 4 267 274 |
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Abstract A rich seam of scientific research has been opened by the recent location of both shipwrecks from the disastrous 1845 Franklin northwest passage expedition. Even more than the forensic study of any human remains, the contents of Her Majesty’s Discovery Ships Erebus and Terror have already begun to illuminate the day-to-day lives of Victorian sailors in the Arctic. Yet many hitherto unexamined but informative documents have survived too, both in the British National Archives and at local levels throughout the United Kingdom, which also enable us to focus upon those men, their work and families, thereby gaining a far better understanding of their meticulously planned but ultimately doomed voyage. This article examines the previously ignored Royal Navy Allotment Books and cross-references them with other contemporary records, such as censuses and parish registers, to give us new insights into the backgrounds of the crews of HMSs Erebus and Terror . |
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