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1 title in the archive · first depicted 1846
Lived1786 – 1847
Royal Navy officer whose expedition to find the Northwest Passage vanished with both ships and all 129 men.
Shelfmark Vita CXXI
2 years of a 61 year life depicted onscreen
Distinct years the archive depicts, against John Franklin’s lifetime (1786 – 1847) — 3.3% of it.
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Ciarán Hinds as John Franklin
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The Northwest Passage was a long sought-after route across Northern Canada's waterways that offered the chance to navigate from the Atlantic to the Pacific ocean by sea without having to round Cape Horn in South America.
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Runs throughVictorian Era
