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Rope
A relic of Sir John Franklin's last expedition 1845-48. A short length of rope found by the Franklin Search Expedition 1850-51 led by Captain Horatio Austin. The rope is mounted on a paper label inscribed in ink 'Rope belonging to Erebus and Terror left at Beechy [sic] Island 1847 and found Aug 1850 by Capt. Austen [sic].' On the reverse 'Rope from Cape Riley Aug 1850'.
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Object Details
| ID: | AAA4274 |
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| Collection: | Polar Equipment and Relics |
| Type: | Rope |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Unknown |
| Events: | Arctic Exploration: Franklin's Last Expedition, 1845-1848; Arctic Exploration: Franklin Search Expedition, Austin, 1850-1851 |
| Date made: | circa 1845 |
| Credit: | On loan to the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, from the Hopton Hall Derbyshire Collection. Kindly lent by the Gell Muniment Trustees |
| Measurements: | overall: 1/2 in x 3 1/2 in x 1 1/4 in |