'Canoe broaching to in a gale of wind at sunrise, Aug. 23rd 1821' mb-width 6110 by Gauci Junr

by Gauci Junr

Two views showing the Chapel of St Giles in the Fields (1804) in the upper section and the Chapel of St James

carts and carriages

View of the royal procession for Queen Victoria's visit to the City to open the Royal Exchange

'Canoe broaching to in a gale of wind at sunrise, Aug. 23rd 1821' mb-width 6110 by Gauci JunrUnable to return by sea to the mouth of the Coppermine River in August 1821, the expedition party tried to return to Fort Enterprise by land a gruelling journey during which Lieutenant Robert Hood, who drew the picture from which this engraving was produced, was shot dead by a Canadian guide. John Franklin's expedition of 1819 22 travelled via the Coppermine River to map the Canadian Arctic coast, as part of efforts to find the fabled North West