tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3873756940955163469.post5487057946977773881..comments2024-03-18T18:05:25.821-07:00Comments on VISIONS OF THE NORTH: First sight of the graves at Beechey Russell Potterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11023313195827310776noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3873756940955163469.post-53208449101890412672019-06-23T16:42:24.303-07:002019-06-23T16:42:24.303-07:00Going again to look at Elisha Kent Kane's draw...Going again to look at Elisha Kent Kane's drawing of the graves. The backs must have been facing the beach, as they look black in the drawing.Soloman Grundyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06972686779984782545noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3873756940955163469.post-25612801723776786762019-06-23T14:57:53.140-07:002019-06-23T14:57:53.140-07:00Thanks! :)
Thanks! :)<br />Mechtild Opelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06571197077942589248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3873756940955163469.post-9271579127129497022019-06-23T13:37:41.170-07:002019-06-23T13:37:41.170-07:00Or perhaps the letters were "cut out" fr...Or perhaps the letters were "cut out" from a black background (that's what Miertsching seems to imply).Russell Potterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11023313195827310776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3873756940955163469.post-22243206222505613262019-06-23T13:36:09.008-07:002019-06-23T13:36:09.008-07:00Yes he was. Goodsir thus corroborates his account ...Yes he was. Goodsir thus corroborates his account (weakening Hansen's claim). It seems likeliest that the *backs* were painted black, at least, though the fronts seem more likely to have been white with black lettering, as the back was the direction Goodsir and Pedersen would have approached from.Russell Potterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11023313195827310776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3873756940955163469.post-73918553937995854502019-06-23T13:11:07.246-07:002019-06-23T13:11:07.246-07:00Thanks for that! "... humble headstones, pain...Thanks for that! "... humble headstones, painted black". So Miertsching was still right when he wrote in 1854: "drei Gräber, jede mit einer schwarz angestrichenen eichenen Pfoste, auf welchen folgende Schrift ausgeschnitten ist ..."?Mechtild Opelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06571197077942589248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3873756940955163469.post-91816811496533564802019-06-23T12:41:12.853-07:002019-06-23T12:41:12.853-07:00Well, the map show's "Bellot's Grave&...Well, the map show's "Bellot's Grave" (actually a cenotaph, as he's not buried there, or anywhere) far to the west of "Franklin's Winter Quarters." In his article about the grave markers, Todd Hansen argues that the Bellot marker was the furthest from the beach (thus the westernmost, though not so far off as this map shows) and that the closest grave -- which indeed has a notable mound -- is actually that of Thomas Morgan, who died aboard HMS "North Star."Russell Potterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11023313195827310776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3873756940955163469.post-55768469741153854042019-06-23T11:17:12.352-07:002019-06-23T11:17:12.352-07:00I note on the image of the map dated 1854, there i...I note on the image of the map dated 1854, there is a notation of "Bellot's Grave"- your previous posing Dr. Russell indicated some uncertainty about that grave. Is the map accurate as to the location?Soloman Grundyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06972686779984782545noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3873756940955163469.post-10277673165578686582019-06-23T09:25:26.098-07:002019-06-23T09:25:26.098-07:00Thanks for this! Added it to my blogpost on same
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