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The Victory Point record and its tin case: scan

PhotographPublic domainWritten 24 May 1847; amended April 1848; recovered 1859Copy of The Victory Point record and its tin case
The Victory Point record and its tin case: scan
The Victory Point record and its tin case: scan

An image of the form with both messages (1,576 × 2,506 pixels); the Commons page carries a full transcription, including the two positions the record gives.

unknown, 1847. Public domain

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Scanunknown · commons.wikimedia.org · Public domain (PD-old)Primary source: The Victory Point record (Sir John Franklin's last message), HSR/C/9/11 step from the original

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1Victory Point200 km1200 km

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