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Document 24374

JOHN ROSS
Pioneer Arctic explorer.
Signature: "John Ross", 2½x1½. In 1818, an expedition led by John Ross explored the northern reaches of Baffin's Bay in search of a North-West Passage. Ross turned back at Lancaster's Sound, claiming the way was blocked by mountains he named the Croker Mountains after John Wilson Croker, First Lord of the Admiralty. In 1829, Ross departed on a private expedition to the Arctic, funded by London gin magnate Felix Booth, and discovered, with his nephew James Clark Ross (see Lot 242) the North Magnetic Pole. The Rosses were given up for lost but returned in 1833 after having abandoned their ship and survived the winters with the help of their Eskimo neighbors. They named the Boothia peninsula after their benefactor. The Ross Dependency, Ross Sea, Ross Barrier and Ross Shelf bear their names. Lightly soiled. Fine condition.

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