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FRANKLIN, Sir John
(1786-1847)
"The man who ate his shoes"
English Explorer
Present at the
Battle of Copenhagen & Trafalgar
Commanded the Erebus
and Terror in 1845 in an attempt to discover the Northwest Passage.
Governor of Van
Diemen's Land (Tasmania) from 1834 to 1845.
1838 Land Grant to
Joseph Archer from Queen Victoria Five Hundred Acres in the County of
Westmorland in Van Diemen's Land. Signed by Gov. Sir John Franklin. Good
legible document on Vellum with paper seal.
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