View In The Arctic Regions. [Embossed]
G Baxter. Inventor & Patentee 11 & 12 Northampton Square. [nd. c. 1854] Coloured Baxter print with stamp, sheet 220 x 230mm (8¾ x 9"). Trimmed and glued to backing sheet as normal. Sailors in search of the lost Arctic explorer Sir John Franklin (1786–1847) fend off polar bears. In the spring of 1845, Franklin had embarked on a British expedition to find the Northwest Passage to connect the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. He and and his 128-member crew were last seen that July. After three years, the Admiralty offered a large reward to find Franklin, setting off a series of rescue attempts, among them the British expedition portrayed here under the command of Sir John Ross (1777–1856).
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