The Life of Sir John Franklin, R.N

This book is a biography of Rear-Admiral Sir John Franklin, a British Royal Navy officer, and Arctic explorer. After serving in wars against Napoleonic France and the United States, he led two expeditions into the Canadian Arctic and through the islands of the Arctic Archipelago in 1819 and 1825 and served as Lieutenant-Governor of Van Diemen's Land from 1839 to 1843.