Franklin Expedition Pemmican Tin – Inscription (1859)

Franklin Expedition Pemmican Tin – Inscription

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.

Sunken ship