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Sir John Franklin: Quick Facts

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Facts

Born April 16, 1786 • England
Died June 11, 1847 (aged 61) • near King William Island
Role In Battle of New Orleans • Battle of Trafalgar • Napoleonic Wars

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Sir John Franklin
Map of the Arctic region highlighting the Northwest Passage, a maritime route shown with a red line connecting the Atlantic Ocean near Greenland to the Pacific Ocean via the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, passing north of Canada and Alaska through the Bering Sea. Major islands and surrounding countries such as Russia, Norway, Denmark (Greenland), the United States (Alaska), and Canada are labeled.
Sir John Franklin
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Lady Hester Stanhope
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Collingwood, Cuthbert Collingwood, 1st Baron
Cuthbert Collingwood, 1st Baron Collingwood
British military officer
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British naval commander
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British naval officer
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor
former British prince
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Pierre-Charles-Jean-Baptiste-Silvestre de Villeneuve
French admiral
Portrait of Sir Francis Drake with a lace ruff collar, mustache, and short curly hair, painted in oil on panel. The background includes his name in gold lettering.
Sir Francis Drake
English admiral
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Joseph Mallalieu
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British prime minister Winston Churchill
Winston Churchill
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Charles Darwin
Charles Darwin
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Sir Richard Burton
Sir Richard Burton
British scholar and explorer
British naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace
Alfred Russel Wallace
British naturalist
Charles III
Charles III
king of the United Kingdom
George Canning, painting by Sir Thomas Lawrence and Richard Evans; in the National Portrait Gallery, London.
George Canning
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William Bligh
William Bligh
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Francis Galton
Francis Galton
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George Mallory
George Mallory
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