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  3. IMAGO International History, Archive, Ships of the Royal Navy, HMS Terror 1813-1848

IMAGO International History, Archive, Ships of the Royal Navy, HMS Terror 1813-1848

Apr 3, 2024

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  • UK Antarctica: Erebus and Terror in the Antarctic, August 1841 , Ross Expedition, oil on canvas, John Wilson Carmichael (1800-1868), 1847 The Ross expedition was a voyage of scientific exploration of the Antarctic in 1839 to 1843, led by James Clark Ross, with two unusually strong warships, HMS Erebus and HMS Terror. It explored what is now called the Ross Sea and discovered the Ross Ice Shelf. On the expedition, Ross discovered the Transantarctic Mountains and the volcanoes Erebus and Terror, named after his ships. The young botanist Joseph Dalton Hooker made his name on the expedition.<br ><br > The expedition inferred the position of the South Magnetic Pole, and made substantial observations of the zoology and botany of the region, r Copyright: xxPicturesxFromxHistoryx

    UK Antarctica: Erebus and Terror in the Antarctic, August 1841 , Ross Expedition, oil on canvas, John Wilson Carmichael (1800-1868), 1847 The Ross expedition was a voyage of scientific exploration of the Antarctic in 1839 to 1843, led by James Clark Ross, with two unusually strong warships, HMS Erebus and HMS Terror. It explored what is now called the Ross Sea and discovered the Ross Ice Shelf. On the expedition, Ross discovered the Transantarctic Mountains and the volcanoes Erebus and Terror, named after his ships. The young botanist Joseph Dalton Hooker made his name on the expedition.<br ><br > The expedition inferred the position of the South Magnetic Pole, and made substantial observations of the zoology and botany of the region, r Copyright: xxPicturesxFromxHistoryx

  • UK New Zealand: Erebus and Terror in New Zealand, August 1841 , Ross Expedition, oil on canvas, John Wilson Carmichael (1800-1868), c. 1847 The Ross expedition was a voyage of scientific exploration of the Antarctic in 1839 to 1843, led by James Clark Ross, with two unusually strong warships, HMS Erebus and HMS Terror. It explored what is now called the Ross Sea and discovered the Ross Ice Shelf. On the expedition, Ross discovered the Transantarctic Mountains and the volcanoes Erebus and Terror, named after his ships. The young botanist Joseph Dalton Hooker made his name on the expedition.<br ><br > The expedition inferred the position of the South Magnetic Pole, and made substantial observations of the zoology and botany of the region, Copyright: xxPicturesxFromxHistoryx

    UK New Zealand: Erebus and Terror in New Zealand, August 1841 , Ross Expedition, oil on canvas, John Wilson Carmichael (1800-1868), c. 1847 The Ross expedition was a voyage of scientific exploration of the Antarctic in 1839 to 1843, led by James Clark Ross, with two unusually strong warships, HMS Erebus and HMS Terror. It explored what is now called the Ross Sea and discovered the Ross Ice Shelf. On the expedition, Ross discovered the Transantarctic Mountains and the volcanoes Erebus and Terror, named after his ships. The young botanist Joseph Dalton Hooker made his name on the expedition.<br ><br > The expedition inferred the position of the South Magnetic Pole, and made substantial observations of the zoology and botany of the region, Copyright: xxPicturesxFromxHistoryx

  • UK Canada: Note found in May 1859 in a cairn south of Back Bay, King William Island, detailing the fate of the Franklin expedition Part of the text reads: 25th April 1848 HMShips Terror and Erebus were deserted on the 22nd April 5 leagues NNW of this having been beset since 12th Sept 1846. The officers and crews consisting of 105 souls under the command of Captain F. R. M. Crozier landed here in Lat. 69°37 42 Long. 98°41 ...<br ><br > Sir John Franklin died on the 11th of June 1847 and the total loss by deaths in the Expedition has been to this date 9 officers and 15 men. James Fitzjames Captain HMS Erebus F. R. M. Crozier Captain & Senior Offr. Copyright: xxPicturesxFromxHistoryx

    UK Canada: Note found in May 1859 in a cairn south of Back Bay, King William Island, detailing the fate of the Franklin expedition Part of the text reads: 25th April 1848 HMShips Terror and Erebus were deserted on the 22nd April 5 leagues NNW of this having been beset since 12th Sept 1846. The officers and crews consisting of 105 souls under the command of Captain F. R. M. Crozier landed here in Lat. 69°37 42 Long. 98°41 ...<br ><br > Sir John Franklin died on the 11th of June 1847 and the total loss by deaths in the Expedition has been to this date 9 officers and 15 men. James Fitzjames Captain HMS Erebus F. R. M. Crozier Captain & Senior Offr. Copyright: xxPicturesxFromxHistoryx

  • UK Canada: HMS Terror stuck in the ice under the command of Admiral George Back who is supervising salvage operations, 1836-37. Anonymous painting, Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre, Yellowknife Franklin disappeared on his last expedition, attempting to chart and navigate a section of the Northwest Passage in the Canadian Arctic. The icebound ships were abandoned and the entire crew perished from starvation, hypothermia, tuberculosis, lead poisoning and scurvy.<br ><br > In September 2014, the Prime Minister of Canada, Stephen Harper, announced that the wreck of HMS Erebus, one of the two ships from Franklin s final voyage, had been rediscovered.<br ><br > On 12 September 2016, it was announced that the Arctic Research Foundation Copyright: xxPicturesxFromxHistoryx

    UK Canada: HMS Terror stuck in the ice under the command of Admiral George Back who is supervising salvage operations, 1836-37. Anonymous painting, Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre, Yellowknife Franklin disappeared on his last expedition, attempting to chart and navigate a section of the Northwest Passage in the Canadian Arctic. The icebound ships were abandoned and the entire crew perished from starvation, hypothermia, tuberculosis, lead poisoning and scurvy.<br ><br > In September 2014, the Prime Minister of Canada, Stephen Harper, announced that the wreck of HMS Erebus, one of the two ships from Franklin s final voyage, had been rediscovered.<br ><br > On 12 September 2016, it was announced that the Arctic Research Foundation Copyright: xxPicturesxFromxHistoryx

  • UK Canada: The HMS Erebus and HMS Terror leave England for the Northwest Passage, never to return. Anonymous engraving, 1845 Franklin disappeared on his last expedition, attempting to chart and navigate a section of the Northwest Passage in the Canadian Arctic. The icebound ships were abandoned and the entire crew perished from starvation, hypothermia, tuberculosis, lead poisoning and scurvy.<br ><br > In September 2014, the Prime Minister of Canada, Stephen Harper, announced that the wreck of HMS Erebus, one of the two ships from Franklin s final voyage, had been rediscovered.<br ><br > On 12 September 2016, it was announced that the Arctic Research Foundation expedition had found the wreck of HMS Terror south of King William Island in Copyright: xxPicturesxFromxHistoryx

    UK Canada: The HMS Erebus and HMS Terror leave England for the Northwest Passage, never to return. Anonymous engraving, 1845 Franklin disappeared on his last expedition, attempting to chart and navigate a section of the Northwest Passage in the Canadian Arctic. The icebound ships were abandoned and the entire crew perished from starvation, hypothermia, tuberculosis, lead poisoning and scurvy.<br ><br > In September 2014, the Prime Minister of Canada, Stephen Harper, announced that the wreck of HMS Erebus, one of the two ships from Franklin s final voyage, had been rediscovered.<br ><br > On 12 September 2016, it was announced that the Arctic Research Foundation expedition had found the wreck of HMS Terror south of King William Island in Copyright: xxPicturesxFromxHistoryx

  • UK Canada: Rear-Admiral Sir John Franklin (1786 1847), British Royal Navy officer and explorer of the Arctic, drawing for a statue subsequently erected at Franklin s home town of Spilsby, 1861 Franklin also served as Lieutenant-Governor of Van Diemen s Land (now Tasmania) from 1837 to 1843. He disappeared on his last expedition, attempting to chart and navigate a section of the Northwest Passage in the Canadian Arctic. The icebound ships were abandoned and the entire crew perished from starvation, hypothermia, tuberculosis, lead poisoning and scurvy.<br ><br > In September 2014, the Prime Minister of Canada, Stephen Harper, announced that the wreck of HMS Erebus, one of the two ships from Franklin s final voyage, had been rediscovere Copyright: xxPicturesxFromxHistoryx

    UK Canada: Rear-Admiral Sir John Franklin (1786 1847), British Royal Navy officer and explorer of the Arctic, drawing for a statue subsequently erected at Franklin s home town of Spilsby, 1861 Franklin also served as Lieutenant-Governor of Van Diemen s Land (now Tasmania) from 1837 to 1843. He disappeared on his last expedition, attempting to chart and navigate a section of the Northwest Passage in the Canadian Arctic. The icebound ships were abandoned and the entire crew perished from starvation, hypothermia, tuberculosis, lead poisoning and scurvy.<br ><br > In September 2014, the Prime Minister of Canada, Stephen Harper, announced that the wreck of HMS Erebus, one of the two ships from Franklin s final voyage, had been rediscovere Copyright: xxPicturesxFromxHistoryx

  • UK Canada: Rear-Admiral Sir John Franklin (1786 1847), British Royal Navy officer and explorer of the Arctic, 1828, National Archives of Canada Franklin also served as Lieutenant-Governor of Van Diemen s Land (now Tasmania) from 1837 to 1843. He disappeared on his last expedition, attempting to chart and navigate a section of the Northwest Passage in the Canadian Arctic. The icebound ships were abandoned and the entire crew perished from starvation, hypothermia, tuberculosis, lead poisoning and scurvy.<br ><br > In September 2014, the Prime Minister of Canada, Stephen Harper, announced that the wreck of HMS Erebus, one of the two ships from Franklin s final voyage, had been rediscovered.<br ><br > On 12 September 2016, it was announ Copyright: xxPicturesxFromxHistoryx

    UK Canada: Rear-Admiral Sir John Franklin (1786 1847), British Royal Navy officer and explorer of the Arctic, 1828, National Archives of Canada Franklin also served as Lieutenant-Governor of Van Diemen s Land (now Tasmania) from 1837 to 1843. He disappeared on his last expedition, attempting to chart and navigate a section of the Northwest Passage in the Canadian Arctic. The icebound ships were abandoned and the entire crew perished from starvation, hypothermia, tuberculosis, lead poisoning and scurvy.<br ><br > In September 2014, the Prime Minister of Canada, Stephen Harper, announced that the wreck of HMS Erebus, one of the two ships from Franklin s final voyage, had been rediscovered.<br ><br > On 12 September 2016, it was announ Copyright: xxPicturesxFromxHistoryx

  • JOHN FRANKLIN S EXPEDITION. H.M.S. Erebus and H.M.S. Terror of Sir John Franklin s ill-fated Arctic expedition (1845-47) weathering a gale in an ice pack. Contemporary engraving. Copyright: xSarinxImagesx xGRANGERx 0065179

    JOHN FRANKLIN S EXPEDITION. H.M.S. Erebus and H.M.S. Terror of Sir John Franklin s ill-fated Arctic expedition (1845-47) weathering a gale in an ice pack. Contemporary engraving. Copyright: xSarinxImagesx xGRANGERx 0065179

  • CANADA: ROSS SHIPS, 1830s. Sir James Clark Ross ships, H.M.S. Erebus and Terror anchored off the Canadian coast, 1830s. Lithograph. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0058050

    CANADA: ROSS SHIPS, 1830s. Sir James Clark Ross ships, H.M.S. Erebus and Terror anchored off the Canadian coast, 1830s. Lithograph. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0058050

  • Engraving depicting a scene from Franklin s lost expedition, a British voyage of Arctic exploration led by Captain Sir John Franklin that departed England in 1845 aboard two ships, HMS Erebus and HMS Terror. Dated 19th century, Copyright: xUnitedxArchivesx xWorldxHistoryxArchivex WHA_118_0834 EDITORIAL USE ONLY

    Engraving depicting a scene from Franklin s lost expedition, a British voyage of Arctic exploration led by Captain Sir John Franklin that departed England in 1845 aboard two ships, HMS Erebus and HMS Terror. Dated 19th century, Copyright: xUnitedxArchivesx xWorldxHistoryxArchivex WHA_118_0834 EDITORIAL USE ONLY

  • Franklin s Writing Document transcribed by Sir John Franklin stating that H.M.S Erebus & Terror wintered in the ice at Beechey Island. Informs of his death & signed by Capt.s Crozier & Fitzjames. Date: 28 May 1847 Copyright: Copyrightx(c)Geminix2023.xCredit:xGemini 12006268

    Franklin s Writing Document transcribed by Sir John Franklin stating that H.M.S Erebus & Terror wintered in the ice at Beechey Island. Informs of his death & signed by Capt.s Crozier & Fitzjames. Date: 28 May 1847 Copyright: Copyrightx(c)Geminix2023.xCredit:xGemini 12006268

  • HMS Terror locked in the ice in Prosen Strait, London, 1881. WorldxHistoryxArchive 917_05_wha_145_0465

    HMS Terror locked in the ice in Prosen Strait, London, 1881. WorldxHistoryxArchive 917_05_wha_145_0465

  • The John Franklin Expedition : HMS Erebus and HMS Terror UnitedArchives00563224

    The John Franklin Expedition : HMS Erebus and HMS Terror UnitedArchives00563224

  • Illustration of the stern of HMS Terror after being crushed by ice during the fateful Sir John Franklin expedition to the Artic 1848 UnitedArchives00156826

    Illustration of the stern of HMS Terror after being crushed by ice during the fateful Sir John Franklin expedition to the Artic 1848 UnitedArchives00156826

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