The Polar Regions…Franklin Expedition / Lt. Sherard Osborn / A. S. Barnes 1854
By Lieutenant Sherard Osborn. A. S. Barnes & Co., 1854. John Franklin (1786–1847) was a famous Arctic explorer who sailed in 1845 in search of the Northwest Passage. Becoming a haunting tale of history, Franklin and his crew were last seen by whalers in Baffin Bay in July 1845.