Franklin Sir John 1786-1847 Served At Trafalgar In The
Bellerophon. Headed overland expedition of 1819-1822, from York
Factory by way of Great Slave Lake, to the mouth of the Coppermine, and
the Arctic coast; and second expedition, 1825-1827, in which he
continued his explorations of the northern coast of the continent.
Started on third expedition, by sea, 1845, to make North-West Passage.
The ships had to be abandoned, and Franklin and all his men perished in
the attempt to reach one of the remote northern posts of the Hudson's
Bay Company. =Bib.=: Works: Journey to the Shores of the Polar Sea,
1823; Second Expedition to the Shores of the Polar Sea. For biog.,
see Richardson, Arctic Searching Expedition; Rae, Narrative;
McClintock, Narrative of the Fate of Sir John Franklin; Osborn,
Career, Last Voyage, and Fate of Sir John Franklin; Dict. Nat. Biog.