| Title: | Fate of Franklin : a multimedia museum of the cultural histories of Arctic exploration |
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| Description: | 'The Fate of Franklin' is a Web site about the British Royal Navy officer and arctic explorer, Sir John Franklin (1786-1847). One of resources on the website is called 'Franklin in the Public Eye, 1818-1859,' which consists of images from panoramas, the illustrated press, popular engravings, daguerreotypes and documents illuminating the British and American obsession with Franklin's fate. The resources here are collected and maintained by Russell A. Potter, professor of English at Rhode Island College. Researchers, teachers, students and members of the public alike will find the care that Potter has taken in presentation of scanned images from contemporary sources to be unusually detailed and historically valuable. Beyond scanned news items and illustrated reports, there are also songs and ballads as well as literary accounts about Franklin's fateful expedition. This site would make an excellent starting point for research or study and especially conveys the public perception of exploration in imperial Victorian Britain, alongside the shock to that same consciousness which was inflicted by this failed effort. The site additionally contains information on Potter's publications and interviews on the subject; book reviews in this field; a links list; an online Franklin bibliography; and contemporary and recent reports on searches for the remains of Franklin's ships, the Erebus and the Terror. The site provides complete crew lists for both vessels. |
| Keywords - controlled: | ; Franklin, John, Sir, 1786-1847 : Explorer, Sailor |
| Keywords - uncontrolled: | exploration; polar regions; Arctic exploration; Erebus; biography |
| Type: | Bibliographic material; Images; Primary source; Research related resources; Secondary source |
| URL: | http://www.ric.edu/faculty/rpotter/SJFranklin.html |
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Humanities > History > Exploration and discovery |
| Resource creator: | Potter, Russell A. (Author) |
| Country of origin: | United States |
| Period: | 19th Century |
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