Franklin Expedition Pemmican Tin – Inscription (1859)
Created by: | Francois Etienne Musin |
Archive: | National Maritime Museum |
Reference number: | Object ID no. F5028-1 |
Date: | 19th century |
Notes: | A relic of Sir John Franklin's last expedition 1845-1848. An empty pemmican tin found in an abandoned boat at Erebus Bay, King William Island, in May 1859 by the McClintock Search Expedition 1857-1859. |