Pocket Bible (1847)

Pocket Bible

Created by: Robinson
Archive: National Maritime Museum
Reference number: Object ID no. AAA2127
Date: 1847
Notes: A relic of Sir John Franklin's last expedition 1845-1848. A pocket bible found in an abandoned boat at Erebus Bay, King William Island, in May 1859 by the McClintock Search Expedition 1857-1859. The book is in pieces with no cover. Passages have been underlined with marginal notes.

Sunken ship