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M'cLintocks Search Party Finding One of Franlins Cairns at Cape Herschel, c1859, (1928)

M'cLintock's Search Party Finding One of Franlin's Cairns at Cape Herschel, c1859, (1928). Francis Leopold McClintock (1819-1907), Irish explorer in the British Royal Navy, known for his discoveries in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Originally from A Narrative of the Discovery of the Fate of Sir John Franklin and his Companions; The Voyage of the Fox in the Arctic Seas, by Francis Leopold McClintock. [J. Murray, London, 1859]. From The Book of Polar Exploration, by E. L. Elias M.A. [George G. Harrap & Company Ltd, London, 1928]

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