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Description John Franklin's canoes caught by a storm in the Coronation Gulf. The accompanying text reads " The privation of food, under which our voyagers were then labouring, absorbed every other terror; otherwise the most powerful persuasion could not have induced them to attempt such a traverse. It was with the utmost difficulty that the canoes were kept from turning their broadsides to the waves, though we sometimes steered with all the paddles. One of them narrowly escaped being overset by this accident, happening in mid-channel, where the waves were so high that the mast-head of our canoe was often hid from the other, though it was sailing within hail. The annexed plate, from Mr. Back’s sketch, will convey to the reader an accurate idea of the peril of our situation."
Date 1823, depicting event on August 23, 1821.
Source http://www.cd-books.com/Mainpage/Frank1/Fr1imgs/galewind.html Originally published in Franklin, John (1823). Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of the Polar Sea in the Years 1819-22. London: John Murray. Full aouthorship details taken from [1]
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Edward Francis Finden  (1791–1857)  wikidata:Q5342983
 
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Birth name: Edward Francis Finden; Edward Finden
Description English printmaker
Date of birth/death 30 April 1791 Edit this at Wikidata 9 February 1857 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death London Edit this at Wikidata St John's Wood, City of Westminster, London
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creator QS:P170,Q5342983
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George Back  (–1878)  wikidata:Q282922
 
George Back
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Admiral Sir Back; Sir George Back
Description British naval officer, explorer and artist
Date of birth/death 6 November 1796 / 6 November 1795 Edit this at Wikidata 23 June 1878 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Stockport, Cheshire Portman Square, London
Work period 1800 Edit this at Wikidata–1900 Edit this at Wikidata
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creator QS:P170,Q282922
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