2-631-513 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'M'cLintock's Search Party Finding One of Franlin's Cairns at Cape Herschel', c1859, (1928). Francis Leopold McClintock (1819-1907), Irish explorer in the British Royal Navy, known for his discoveries in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Originally from A Narrative of the Discovery of the Fate of Sir John Franklin and his Companions; The Voyage of the Fox in the Arctic Seas, by Francis Leopold McClintock. [J. Murray, London, 1859]. From The Book of Polar Exploration, by E. L. Elias M.A. [George G. Harrap & Company Ltd, London, 1928]