{"product_id":"a-voyage-of-discovery-made-under-the-orders-of-the-admiralty-in-his-majestys-ships-isabella-and-alexander-for-the-purpose-of-exploring-baffins-bay-and-inquiring-into-the-probability-of-a-north-west-passage-paperback-9781108041522","title":"A Voyage of Discovery, Made under the Orders of the Admiralty, in His Majesty's Ships Isabella and Alexander; For the Purpose of Exploring Baffin's Bay, and Inquiring into the Probability of a North-West Passage (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108041522","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eA Voyage of Discovery, Made under the Orders of the Admiralty, in His Majesty's Ships Isabella and Alexander\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eFor the Purpose of Exploring Baffin's Bay, and Inquiring into the Probability of a North-West Passage\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePublished in 1819, this is John Ross's controversial account of his 1818 Arctic voyage in search of the North-West Passage.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJohn Ross (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108041522, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 1 December 2011\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e542 pages, 20 b\/w illus.  16 colour illus.  3 maps\u003cbr\u003e29.7 x 21 x 2.8 cm, 1.28 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSir 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.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e Explanations of sea terms used in icy seas\u003cbr\u003e Official instructions\u003cbr\u003e 1. Sailing of the expedition from the river\u003cbr\u003e 2. Continuation of the voyage\u003cbr\u003e 3. Progress of the voyage up the Straits\u003cbr\u003e 4. Departure from Waygatt\u003cbr\u003e 5. Continued progress through the ice\u003cbr\u003e 6. The ships obliged to leave their moorings\u003cbr\u003e 7. The Arctic Highlands\u003cbr\u003e 8. Passage through the last barrier\u003cbr\u003e 9. Progress towards the North\u003cbr\u003e 10. Further progress to the southward\u003cbr\u003e 11. Continue our progress to the southward, exploring the west coast of Baffin's Bay\u003cbr\u003e 12. Proceedings off Cape Walsingham and Mount Raleigh\u003cbr\u003e 13. Proceedings of the ships at Shetland.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Historical geography [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Historical geography\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Historical%20geography%20%5BHBTP%5D%22\"\u003eHBTP\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46266067353880,"sku":"9781108041522","price":50.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108041522i_c0fd6641-010a-4a17-86d8-63722f9807d6.jpg?v=1696746519","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/a-voyage-of-discovery-made-under-the-orders-of-the-admiralty-in-his-majestys-ships-isabella-and-alexander-for-the-purpose-of-exploring-baffins-bay-and-inquiring-into-the-probability-of-a-north-west-passage-paperback-9781108041522","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}