Two Sextant Eyepieces (1845)
Created by: | Unknown |
Archive: | National Maritime Museum |
Reference number: | Picture ID no. J1525 |
Date: | Before 1845 |
Notes: | A relic of Sir John Franklin's last expedition 1845-1848. Two eye piece lens caps of sextant tubes found by Lieutenant W.R. Hobson at an abandoned camp site at Cape Felix, King William Island on 25 May 1859 |