naval officer and explorer Sir James Clark Ross (1800-1862) (nephew) ;
apprenticed at the Royal Navy ;
United Kingdom
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 (London 1819) ; Narrative of a second voyage in search of a north-west passage, and of a residence in the Arctic regions during the years 1829, 1830, 1831, 1832, 1833. London 1835) ;
Royal Geographical Society ;
geographical topographical, zoological, and natural history drawing and watercolour ;
