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Definition of James Clark Ross
1. Noun. British explorer of the Arctic and Antarctic; located the north magnetic pole in 1831; discovered the Ross Sea in Antarctica; nephew of Sir John Ross (1800-1862).
Lexicographical Neighbors of James Clark Ross
Literary usage of James Clark Ross
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Quarterly Review by William Gifford, George Walter Prothero, John Gibson Lockhart, John Murray, Whitwell Elwin, John Taylor Coleridge, Rowland Edmund Prothero Ernle, William Macpherson, William Smith (1847)
"By Captain Sir James Clark Ross, RN 2 vols. 8vo. London, 1847- 2. Notes on the
Botany of the Antarctic Voyage conducted by Captain Sir JC Ross. ..."
2. Journal of a Third Voyage for the Discovery of a Northwest Passage, from the by William Edward Parry (1826)
"JAMES CLARK. ROSS, RN, FLS THE Natural History of the Arctic Regions has lately
received so much attention, ..."
3. The Great White North: The Story of Polar Exploration from the Earliest by Helen Saunders Wright (1910)
"Discovers Boothia. — Wintered in Felix Harbor.— Discovery of North Magnetic Pole
by nephew of Captain John Ross. — Commander James Clark Ross. ..."
4. Check-list of Books and Pamphlets Relating to the History of the Pacific by Charles Wesley Smith (1909)
"... regions during the years 1829-33... including the reports of James Clark Ross
and the discovery of the northern magnetic pole. 740+120+144p. Ipor. 44pl. ..."
5. America Discovered in the Tenth Century by Carl Christian Rafn (1838)
"James Clark Ross, and other British navigators, in the no less daring and dangerous
expeditions conducted by them. NEWFOUNDLAND RE-DISCOVERED FROM ICELAND. ..."
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