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24 de may. de 2024 · For 12 years, various expeditions sought the explorers, but their fate was unknown until 1859, when a final search mission, sent in 1857 by Franklin’s second wife, Lady Jane Franklin, and headed by Capt. Francis Leopold McClintock, reached King William Island, south and west of Lancaster Sound.
26 de may. de 2024 · Francis Leopold McClintock: Arctic explorer 1972 Nellie McClung: Politician, feminist, social activist (first female board member of CBC) 1954 Robert McClure: Arctic explorer 1972 Grant McConachie: Businessman, aviator (development of northwestern Canadian service) 2007 David Ross McCord: Lawyer, philanthropist, founded McCord Museum ...
Hace 1 día · In the autumn of 1871, thirteen-year-old Conrad announced his intention to become a sailor. He later recalled that as a child he had read (apparently in French translation) Leopold McClintock's book about his 1857–59 expeditions in the Fox, in search of Sir John Franklin's lost ships Erebus and Terror.
Hace 4 días · An explorer named Francis Leopold McClintock found a skeleton on King William Island on 25 May 1859. It was believed to be the remains of Harry Peglar (36), but this proved to be untrue and its identity and cause of death are unknown.
24 de may. de 2024 · After leaving Greenland in July they were never seen again. Many expeditions went in search of Franklin, and in 1854 John Rae found evidence of bodies from the two ships on King William Island. In 1859 Leopold McClintock confirmed the disappearance of the ships' entire crews.
17 de may. de 2024 · This site is a collaboration of the Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media (George Mason University) and American Social History Project (City University of New York), supported by grants from the Florence Gould Foundation and the National Endowment for the Humanities.Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media (George Mason
7 de may. de 2024 · Sie wurde 1953 von George Mecham und Francis Leopold McClintock entdeckt. Später wurde sie nach Prinz Arthur William Patrick benannt, der von 1911 bis 1926 Generalgouverneur von Kanada war. Shutterstock
