# Artifacts: The Franklin expedition (HMS Erebus and HMS Terror)

> The 14 artifacts of The Franklin expedition (HMS Erebus and HMS Terror): photos, scans, transcriptions and documents, each with its own catalog key.

Source: https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/franklin-expedition/artifacts  
Publisher: Mysteries Department  
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (credit Mysteries Department and link the page)  

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**MYS** 0D59JQ9Y6A6Y·[The Franklin expedition (HMS Erebus and HMS Terror)](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/franklin-expedition)

# Artifacts 14

Every copy this mystery rests on, each with its own key and its distance from the original.

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[Photograph: The Franklin expedition (HMS Erebus and HMS Terror)](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/franklin-expedition/copies/CPY0D59JQ241X63/photograph-the-franklin-expedition-hms-erebus-and-hms-terror)

Unknown author · Public domain

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[The Victory Point record and its tin case: picture](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/franklin-expedition/copies/CPY0D59KBJC14M2/the-victory-point-record-and-its-tin-case-picture)

Graham Gore, James Fitzjames and F. R. M. Crozier · Public domain (PD-old)

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[The Victory Point record and its tin case: document](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/franklin-expedition/copies/CPY0D59KBT66KHB/the-victory-point-record-and-its-tin-case-document)

Royal Museums Greenwich · catalogue entry

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[The Victory Point record and its tin case: scan](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/franklin-expedition/copies/CPY0D59KC207TNQ/the-victory-point-record-and-its-tin-case-scan)

unknown · Public domain (PD-old)

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[The Victory Point record and its tin case: photo](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/franklin-expedition/copies/CPY0D59KC9T2TB1/the-victory-point-record-and-its-tin-case-photo)

Royal Museums Greenwich · © National Maritime Museum, Greenwich

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[The Beechey Island graves of John Torrington, John Hartnell and William Braine: picture](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/franklin-expedition/copies/CPY0D59KCHM6W3D/the-beechey-island-graves-of-john-torrington-john-hartnell)

Ansgar Walk · CC BY-SA 2.5

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[The Beechey Island graves of John Torrington, John Hartnell and William Braine: photo](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/franklin-expedition/copies/CPY0D59KCSE4716/the-beechey-island-graves-of-john-torrington-john-hartnell)

Ansgar Walk · CC BY-SA 2.5

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[Wreck of HMS Erebus: photo](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/franklin-expedition/copies/CPY0D59KD9204WA/wreck-of-hms-erebus-photo)

Parks Canada underwater archaeology team · Government of Canada terms of use

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[Wreck of HMS Erebus: photo](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/franklin-expedition/copies/CPY0D59KDGW38TG/wreck-of-hms-erebus-photo)

Kerry Raymond · CC BY 4.0

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[Wreck of HMS Erebus: picture](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/franklin-expedition/copies/CPY0D59KDGW3KBV/wreck-of-hms-erebus-picture)

Kerry Raymond · CC BY 4.0

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[Wreck of HMS Terror: photo](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/franklin-expedition/copies/CPY0D59KE0G5EH4/wreck-of-hms-terror-photo)

Parks Canada underwater archaeology team · Government of Canada terms of use

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[2024 finds from Erebus (seaman's chest with pistols, sextant, artificial horizon, raincoat): photo](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/franklin-expedition/copies/CPY0D59KEG42SWJ/2024-finds-from-erebus-seamans-chest-with-pistols-sextant)

Parks Canada · Government of Canada terms of use

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[Mandible with cut marks identified as James Fitzjames: photo](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/franklin-expedition/copies/CPY0D59KEZR0YQP/mandible-with-cut-marks-identified-as-james-fitzjames-photo)

Stenton and colleagues · publisher

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[Skeleton interred under the Franklin memorial, Greenwich: document](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/franklin-expedition/copies/CPY0D59KFFC6Y9K/skeleton-interred-under-the-franklin-memorial-greenwich)

Mays and colleagues · author's accepted manuscript