After the Lost Franklin Expedition Hardback) including South Shields

including South Shields

Captain John Smith is best remembered for his association with Pocahontas

Yet Smith was a far more ambitious explorer and soldier of fortune than these tales suggest

were agonizingly dashed

Meanwhile John Rae

After the Lost Franklin Expedition Hardback) including South ShieldsThe fate of the lost Franklin Expedition of 1847 is an enigma that has tantalised generations of historians, archaeologists and adventurers. The expedition was lost without a trace and all 129 men died in what is arguably the worst disaster in Britain's history of polar exploration. In the aftermath of the crew's disappearance, Lady Jane Franklin, Sir John's widow, maintained a crusade to secure her husband's reputation, imperiled alongside him and