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armament accessory: rod, gun cleaning
armament t&e, ammunition: ball, musket(11 pieces)
armament t&e, ammunition: cap, percussion(94 caps of 3 types)
armament t&e, ammunition: cartridge, wire(3)
armament t&e, ammunition: cartridges, packet of(2 packets)
armament t&e, ammunition: flask, shot
armament t&e, ammunition: hook, sword belt spring(fragment)
armament t&e, ammunition: lid, powder case
armament t&e, ammunition: screw plug, powder keg
armament t&e, ammunition: sheath, knife
armament t&e, edged weapon: arrow
armament t&e, edged weapon: bow
armament t&e, edged weapon: pike head
armament t&e: charger, shot
Arrow
Barrel hoop fragments
belt, sword spring-hook
Bible
biological t&e: tweezers, specimen collecting
Boat weather-cloth
Boat weather cloth
Book
Boot lace
Bootlace
Bottle
Bow
Box
Box, dip circle
Brimstone match
Brimstone matches
Bristles
Burgee
Button
Buttons
C
ceremonial artifact: burgee
ceremonial artifact: ensign
ceremonial artifact: flag: ensign, naval(fragment)
Cigar case
Clasp Knife
Clothes brush
clothing, outerwear: glove(fragment)
clothing, outerwear: shirt(fragment)
clothing, outerwear: waistcoat(fragment)
clothing accessory: brush, clothes
clothing accessory: button
clothing accessory: button(two)
clothing accessory: button(two buttons)
clothing accessory: button, royal naval
clothing accessory: cord, gold ?
clothing accessory: lace, boot
clothing accessory: neckerchief
clothing accessory: neckerchief(knotted)
clothing accessory: ribbon
Coat fragment
coat [fragment]
Cobbler's awl
container: tin
Copper sheet fragments
Curtain rod
Dessert fork
Dessert spoon
Dip circle
documentary artifact: bible
documentary artifact: bible: New Testament
documentary artifact: book
documentary artifact: book(fragment)
documentary artifact: book, hymn
documentary artifact: book, prayer
documentary artifact: paper, government
Elm board
Ensign
File
fishing & trapping t&e: line, fishing
Fishing line
Flask stopper
Flint & steel
Flint and steel
Folding rule
food processing t&e: stove(3 pieces)
food service t&e: cup, tea(fragment)
food service t&e: fork, dessert
food service t&e: fork, table
food service t&e: knife, table
food service t&e: rations: bone, pork(fragment)
food service t&e: rations: canister, tea
food service t&e: rations: tin, meat(fragment)
food service t&e: rations: tin, pemmican
food service t&e: spoon, dessert
food service t&e: spoon, table
food service t&e: spoon, tea
food service t&e: stave, water keg bung
food service t&e: stopper, flask
Fork
Gimlet
Glove
Gold cord
Government paper
Gun-cleaning rod
Gun cleaning rod
household accessory: rod, curtain(two pieces)
iceworking t&e: knife, snow
iceworking t&e: knife, snow ?
Iron plug
Knife
Knife clasp
Knife sheath
leatherworking t&e: awl, cobbler's
lighting device: box, match(vesta case)
lighting device: flint & steel
lighting device: match, brimstone(6)
Manuscript
Meat tin
medical & psychological t&e: bottle
medical & psychological t&e: chest, medicine
Medicine chest
Metal plate
multiple use artifact: twine, waxed(roll of)
Musket ball
Musket balls
Nail
Naval ensign
Neckerchief
Oak chock
optical t&e: draw tube, telescope(two pieces)
optical t&e: eyepiece, telescope
Packet of cartridges
Packet of needles
Packets of cartridges
Paddle
Painting
Pemmican tin
Pencil case
Percussion caps
personal gear: case, cigar(fragment)
personal gear: flask, pocket water
personal gear: goggles, snow
personal gear: goggles, snow(part)
personal gear: knife
personal gear: knife, clasp
personal gear: lenses, spectacle
personal gear: purse, bead
personal gear: stem, pipe
personal gear: wallet
personal symbol: broad arrow
personal symbol: crest
Pike-head
Pike head
Pipe stem
Pocket chronometer
Pocket comb
Pocket compass
Pocket watch
Pocket water flask
Pork bone
Port-fire
Powder-case lid
Powder case lid
Powder case screw-plug
Powder keg screw-plug
Powder keg screw plug
Prayer book
Print
Purse
Record tin
relic: bristles
relic: copper, sheet(6 fragments)
relic: plate, metal(fragment)
relic: plug, iron
relic: timber
Ribbon
Rigged model
Rigged modelWaterline model
Rivet
Sailmaker's palm
Sails furled
Scenic model
Scenic modelWaterline model
Scented soap
Scissors
Scissors, sewing
Seal
Sealing wax
Sewing set
Sextant eyepieces
Shako plate
Sheet block
Ship's bell
Ship's wheel
Shirt fragment
Shot charger
Shot flask
Shot in glove fingers
Snow goggles
Snow knife
Specimen collecting tweezers
Spectacle lenses
Spindle
Spoon
Stanchion
Stanchions
Stove
surveying & navigational t&e: box, dip circle ?
surveying & navigational t&e: circle, dip
surveying & navigational t&e: compass, pocket
surveying & navigational t&e: eyepiece, sextant(two)
Sword belt spring
Sword belt spring-hook
Sword belt spring hook
sword spring-hook belt
Table spoon
Tablespoon
Tea canister
Tea cup
Teacup fragment
Tea spoon
Telescope barrel and objective lens
Telescope draw tube
Telescope draw tube and objective lens assembly
Telescope eyepiece
Telescope lens
textileworking t&e: needles, packet of
textileworking t&e: palm, sailmaker's
textileworking t&e: scissors, sewing
textileworking t&e: set, sewing(housewife)
Three wire cartridges
Timber fragment
timekeeping t&e: case, watch(fragment)
timekeeping t&e: chronometer, pocket
timekeeping t&e: watch, pocket(fragment)
Tin
toilet article: comb, pocket
toilet article: soap, scented(4 fragments)
Topographical model
Topographical modelWaterline model
Two eyepieces, sextant
uniform accessory: plate, shako(Royal Marine cap badge)
Vesta case
visual communication t&e: port-fire
Wallet
Watch case
Watch relic
Water keg bung-stave
Water keg bung stave
Waterline model
Waterline model; Rigged model; Sails furled
Waterline modelRigged model
water transport: exploration/research vessel: yacht
water transport: model, exhibition: waterline model(decked: equipped: rigged: sails furled: scenic)
water transport: research/exploration vessel: discovery vessel
water transport: sailing vessel: yacht
water transport: steam vessel: yacht
water transport: yacht
water transport accessory: bell, ship's
water transport accessory: block, sheet(with hook)
water transport accessory: board, elm
water transport accessory: chock, oak
water transport accessory: cloth, boat weather(fragment)
water transport accessory: nail
water transport accessory: paddle
water transport accessory: rivet
water transport accessory: spindle
water transport accessory: spindle ?
water transport accessory: stanchion(3)
water transport accessory: wheel, ship's
Waxed twine
Wire cartridges
woodworking t&e: file
woodworking t&e: gimlet(common shell gimlet)
woodworking t&e: rule, carpenter's: rule, folding
written communication t&e: case, pencil
written communication t&e: seal
written communication t&e: wax, sealing
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animal hair
antler
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caribou (Rangifer tarandus) antler
caribou (Rangifer tarandus) sinew
caribou (Rangifer tarandus) skin
cherrywood
coating: enamel
copper
cork
cotton
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etching
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oak
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pine
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ptarmigan (Lagopus muta or Lagopus lagopus) feather
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Adams, George
Arnold, John Roger
B. Fellows
Bateman, Hester
Bishop, William
Blomfield, Charles James
Boulton, Matthew
British School, 19th century
Chatterton, Randall
Chawner, William
Davis, Benjamin
Davy, Charles
Dexter, Benjamin
E., R.
Eaton, William
Eley, William
Esterbrook, William
Evans, Evan
F. Barnes & Co
Fearn, William
Firmin & Sons Limited
Fothergill, John
Hammond Turner & Dickinson
Hasluck, Thomas H.
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John & Henry Lias
John Millikin
Low, Josiah
May, Walter William
Northcote, Thomas
Parkin, Isaac
Parkinson & Frodsham
R., J.
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Robinson, Thomas Charles
Savory, Thomas Cox
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Turcon, C.
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Wallis, Robert
Whiting, John James
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Arctic Exploration: Franklin's Last Expedition, 1845-1848
Arctic Exploration: Franklin Search Expedition, McClintock, 1857-1859
Arctic Exploration: Franklin Search Expedition, Schwatka, 1878-1880
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Erebus (1826)
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Alexander McDonald, Alexander
Armitage, Thomas
Back, George
Closson, William
Couch, Edward
Crozier, Francis Rawden Moira
Edwards, George
Fairholme, James Walter
Franklin, Jane
Franklin, John
Goodsir, Harry D.S.
Gore, Graham
Hobson, William Robert
Hodgson, George Henry
Hornby, Frederick John
Irving, John
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Jones, William
Le Vesconte, Thomas Henry Dundas
McClintock, Francis Leopold
Peddie, John Smart
Peglar, Henry Peter
Petersen, Johan Carl Christian
Reed, William
Rhodes, William
Royal Harwich Yacht Club
Sargent, Robert Orme
Stanley, Stephen Samuel
Terry, Thomas
Thomas, Robert
Wentzell, William
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Metal record case. (Record tin)
Group of 94 percussion caps and lead shot (Percussion caps)
Knife
Spoon
Portion of boat weather canvas cloth (Boat weather cloth)
Burgee, Royal Harwich Yacht Club (Burgee)
A silver fiddle-pattern dessert fork owned by Lieutenant Graham Gore ('HMS Erebus') (Dessert fork)
Spoon
Christian Melodies (Book)
Gilt metal Royal Naval uniform crowned fouled anchor button (Button)
A fragment of a white teacup with a blue and red rim. (Teacup fragment)
Small fragment of white china teacup. (Teacup fragment)
Two sextant or small telescope eyepieces (Sextant eyepieces)
Pair of leather and gauze snow goggles (Snow goggles)
Two plain gilt buttons with shanks (Buttons)
Seven brimstone matches (Brimstone matches)
Three iron boat stanchions (Stanchions)
Beaded silk purse (Purse)
A glass stoppered bottle containing a white powder. (Bottle)
A glass stoppered bottle containing a brown residue. (Bottle)
Two sections of a gun cleaning rod (Gun-cleaning rod)
Prayer (Book)
Wooden concave four-hole button (Button)
Wooden-handled steel gimlet (Gimlet)
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