RefNo | AP/9/21/3 |
Level | Item |
Title | Unpublished drawing, mountains and compass variation by John Ross |
Date | [1818] |
Description | Drawing showing two mountains on islands seen from a ship, along with a compass illustrating the variation observed throughout the experiment.
Subject: Geodesy
Communicated by the President [Sir Joseph Banks].
The Royal Society did not publish this paper as Ross planned to include it in a published narrative of his voyages. Ross' narrative was published in 1819: Ross, John. 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. Vol. 1. London: Printed by Strahan and Spottiswoode, for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1819. |
Extent | 1p |
Format | Drawing |
PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
AccessStatus | Open |
RelatedMaterial | Ross' narrative available in the Royal Society Library: RCN27713 |
Ross, John. 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. Vol. 1. London: Printed by Strahan and Spottiswoode, for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1819. |
RelatedRecord | AP/9/21 |
Fellows associated with this archive
Code | PersonName | Dates |
NA8116 | Banks; Sir; Joseph (1744 - 1820); naturalist | 1744 - 1820 |