Credit: © The Royal Society
Image number: RS.9322
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"The Falls of Wilberforce, estimated at 250 feet high"
Date
1823
Creator
Edward Francis Finden (1791 - 1857, British) , Engraver
After
Sir George Back (1796 - 1878, British) , Naval officer
Object type
Library reference
39901
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 215mm
width (print): 150mm
width (print): 150mm
Subject
Content object
Description
View of the Kattimannap Qurlua, formerly known as the Wilberforce falls, after William Willberforce. Shows the falls as seen from Nunavut, or the Hood River, named after Robert Hood.
Illustration from Narrative of a journey to the shores of the Polar Sea, by John Franklin (London, 1823).
John Franklin (1786-1847) British Naval officer and exporer was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1823. In 1819 he was chosen to lead the Coppermine Expedition overland from Hudson Bay to chart the North Coast of Canada.
William Wilberforce (1759–1833) British politician, philanthropist, and slavery abolitionist was not a Fellow of the Royal Society.
Robert Hood (1797-1921) British explorer and artist was not a Fellow of the Royal Society.
Illustration from Narrative of a journey to the shores of the Polar Sea, by John Franklin (London, 1823).
John Franklin (1786-1847) British Naval officer and exporer was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1823. In 1819 he was chosen to lead the Coppermine Expedition overland from Hudson Bay to chart the North Coast of Canada.
William Wilberforce (1759–1833) British politician, philanthropist, and slavery abolitionist was not a Fellow of the Royal Society.
Robert Hood (1797-1921) British explorer and artist was not a Fellow of the Royal Society.
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