Knights

"It had known and served all the men of whom the nation is proud, from Sir Francis Drake to Sir John Franklin." (2)


Sir Francis Drake (left) set out from England in 1577 on a great adventure known as the Golden Hind. They traveled south to Africa and South America. They traveled for nearly three years and went approximately 36,000 miles. Sir John Franklin (right) set out from England in 1756 and disappeared. His expedition was in northern Canada. The two left from the Thames river and went in different directions at different times. Joseph Conrad mentions these men because many great adventures have started at the mouth of the Thames and it foreshadows that Marlow's adventure is profound.

~Secoy, Diane. "Franklin, Sir John" The Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan. 2008. August 26 2008. <http://esask.uregina.ca/entry/franklin_sir_john_1786-1847.html>

~Seeler, Oliver."The Voyage" Sir Francis Drake. 2001. August 26, 2008. <http://www.mcn.org/2/oseeler/voy.htm>