What Happened to John Franklin? Danish and British Perspectives from Francis McClintock’s Arctic Expedition, 1857–59
Abstract By the autumn of 1847 it was clear that John Franklin and his crew were lost in the Arctic. The explorer John Rae famously reported that Franklin’s men had died, and that the last survivors had resorted to cannibalism. This was not the news Franklin’s widow Lady Jane Franklin wanted to hear...
| Published in: | Journal of Victorian Culture |
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Oxford University Press (OUP)
2020
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jvcult/vcz066 http://academic.oup.com/jvc/article-pdf/25/2/300/33318200/vcz066.pdf |