Sir John Ross (1777-1856) was a Scottish naval officer and Arctic
explorer. He joined the Royal Navy at the age of nine and
distinguished himself during the Napoleonic Wars. In 1818, Ross was
assigned to H.M.S. Isabella and commissioned to search for the
North-West Passage. This book, published in 1819, describes the
expedition, which was unsuccessful although it did discover new
facts about Baffin Bay. Several of Ross's former officers disputed
his account of the decision to turn back at Lancaster Sound, which
he had mistakenly believed was impassable. The ensuing controversy
affected the rest of Ross's career and made him unpopular with
influential contemporaries including Sir John Barrow and William
Edward Parry. It also soured relations with his young nephew James
Clark Ross, who had accompanied him, and who in 1831, during a
second eventful expedition with his uncle, identified the location
of the magnetic North Pole.
General
| Imprint: |
Cambridge UniversityPress
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| Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
| Series: |
Cambridge Library Collection - Polar Exploration |
| Release date: |
December 2011 |
| First published: |
December 2011 |
| Authors: |
John Ross
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| Dimensions: |
297 x 210 x 28mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback - Trade
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| Pages: |
542 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-108-04152-2 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Earth & environment >
Geography >
Historical geography
Promotions
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| LSN: |
1-108-04152-3 |
| Barcode: |
9781108041522 |
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