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Polar pioneers : John Ross and James Clark Ross / M.J. Ross.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Montreal ; Buffalo : McGill-Queen's University Press, (c)1994.Description: 1 online resource (xvi, 435 pages) : illustrations, mapsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780773565036
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • G635 .P653 1994
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
Contents:
Maps -- Foreword by Clive Holland -- Preface -- Illustrations -- 1 The Rosses of Galloway -- 2 John Ross: Early Naval Career, 1786-1817 -- 3 The Revival of Arctic Exploration, 1817 -- 4 Voyage to Baffin's Bay, 1818 -- 5 John Ross versus John Barrow, 1819 -- 6 James Ross Sails with Parry, 1819-27 -- 7 Navigation by Steam, 1819-28 -- 8 John Ross's Second Voyage: Preparation and Departure, 1828-29 -- 9 No News: a Search Is Planned, 1832-33 -- 10 Four Years in Boothia, 1829-33 -- 11 Rewards and Recriminations, 1833-35
14 James Ross in the Antarctic, 1839-43 -- 15 John and George Ross Float Companies, 1835-39 -- 16 John Ross in Stockholm, 1839-46 -- 17 The Franklin Expedition, 1845 -- 18 Sir John Barrow Retires; No News of Franklin, 1846-48 -- 19 Search for Franklin, 1848-49; James Ross in the Enterprise -- 20 Search for Franklin, 1850-51; John Ross in the Felix -- 21 Search for Franklin, 1852-54 / -- -- 22 News from the Great Fish River, 1854-56
Envoi -- Appendix: Glossary of Place-Names -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W -- Y
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Includes bibliographies and index.

Contents -- Maps -- Foreword by Clive Holland -- Preface -- Illustrations -- 1 The Rosses of Galloway -- 2 John Ross: Early Naval Career, 1786-1817 -- 3 The Revival of Arctic Exploration, 1817 -- 4 Voyage to Baffin's Bay, 1818 -- 5 John Ross versus John Barrow, 1819 -- 6 James Ross Sails with Parry, 1819-27 -- 7 Navigation by Steam, 1819-28 -- 8 John Ross's Second Voyage: Preparation and Departure, 1828-29 -- 9 No News: a Search Is Planned, 1832-33 -- 10 Four Years in Boothia, 1829-33 -- 11 Rewards and Recriminations, 1833-35

12 George Back and Richard King, 1833-3513 James Ross Searches for Whalers and Studies Compasses, 1835-39 -- 14 James Ross in the Antarctic, 1839-43 -- 15 John and George Ross Float Companies, 1835-39 -- 16 John Ross in Stockholm, 1839-46 -- 17 The Franklin Expedition, 1845 -- 18 Sir John Barrow Retires; No News of Franklin, 1846-48 -- 19 Search for Franklin, 1848-49; James Ross in the Enterprise -- 20 Search for Franklin, 1850-51; John Ross in the Felix -- 21 Search for Franklin, 1852-54 / -- -- 22 News from the Great Fish River, 1854-56

23 John and George Ross: The Closing Years, 1848-56 /24 The Fate of Franklin; James Ross's Closing Years, 1857-62 -- Envoi -- Appendix: Glossary of Place-Names -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W -- Y

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