| REV. CHARLES BULLOCK - 1867 - 728 páginas
...and Terror. Beneath the bas-relief the following inscription is given: — FRANKLIN. To tlio Groat Arctic Navigator And his brave Companions, Who sacrificed their Lives in completing The Discovery of the North-Weat Passage, AD 18-17. Erected by the unanimous Vote of Parliament. The back of the pedestal... | |
| Joseph Haydn, Benjamin Vincent - 1874 - 1004 páginas
...Noble, set up in Waterlooplace, was inaugurated, 15 Nov. 1866. It U inscribed to " FRANKLIN the great navigator and his brave companions who sacrificed...completing the discovery of the north west passage. AD 1847-8." Sir John Franklin discovered the nnrth-ii*c$t passage by sailing down Peel and Victoria Straits,... | |
| mrs. A L Chisholm - 1874 - 332 páginas
...of a statue of Sir John Franklin, with this inscription on the pedestal, — FRANKLIN. TO THE GREAT NAVIGATOR AND HIS BRAVE COMPANIONS WHO SACRIFICED THEIR LIVES IN COMPLETING THE DISCOVERT OF THE NORTH-WEST PASSAGE. AD 1847-8. EKECTED BY THE UNANIMOUS VOTE OF PARLIAMENT. " I suppose... | |
| David Hume - 1876 - 944 páginas
...national importance was performed in the unveiling of the Franklin Memorial, from designs by Mr. Noble, " to the great Arctic navigator and his brave companions,...sacrificed their lives in completing the discovery of the north-west passage, 1847, erected by the unanimous vote of Parliament." "Tho story of the Ertbui and... | |
| Karl Baedeker (Firm) - 1878 - 398 páginas
...sitting on a lion couchant. — To the right, opposite, is the bronze statue of .Sir John Franklin, hy Noble, erected by Parliament 'to the great arctic...completing the discovery of the North West Passage AI). 1847-48'. On the front of the pedestal is a relief in bronze, representing the interment of the... | |
| Edwin Hodder - 1878 - 488 páginas
...of a statue of Sir John Franklin, and this inscription on the pedestal : — FRANELIN. To the great navigator and his brave companions who sacrificed their lives in completing the discovery of the North-West Passage, AI,. 1847-8. (Erected by the unanimous vote of Parliament.) On Beechey Island is... | |
| Karl Baedeker (Firm) - 1881 - 482 páginas
...witli a twig of laurel, sitting on a lion couchant. — To the right, opposite, is the bronze statue ol Sir John Franklin, by Noble, erected by Parliament...the unfortunate Franklin expedition; on the sides arc the names of the crews of the ships Erebus and Terror. — On the right hand side ef this statue... | |
| Karl Baedeker (Firm) - 1889 - 480 páginas
...couchant. Adjacent is a similar monument (by Boehm) to Lord Lawrence (d. 1879), ruler of the Punjab during the Sepoy Mutiny of 1857 and Viceroy of India...crews of the ships Erebus and Terror. On the right of this statue is a bronze figure of Field-Marshal Sir John Fox Jiurgoyne (A. 1871), on a pedestal... | |
| Karl Baedeker (Firm) - 1894 - 470 páginas
...Gegenüber r. Sir John Franklin, der Nordpolfahrer, Bronze-Standbild von Noble, errichtet vom Parlament „to the great arctic navigator and his brave companions...the discovery of the North West Passage AD 1847-48". Am Sockel vorn ein Bronze-Relief, die Bestattung der aufgefundenen Überreste der Expedition; an den... | |
| Henry Duff Traill - 1896 - 496 páginas
...Parliament for the erection of that monument which now stands in Waterloo Place to the memory of ' the great navigator and his brave companions who sacrificed...completing the discovery of the North- West Passage, AD 1847-1848.' Lady Franklin felt, however, that the fame and services of her husband were entitled to... | |
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