Series
Godfrey Basil Mundy: Papers
Catalogue reference: PRO 30/97
Date: 1828-1869
This collection consists of correspondence and notes compiled by Major-General Godfrey Basil Mundy, in preparation for his biography of Admiral...
Series
Sir James Clark Ross: Correspondence and Papers
Catalogue reference: BJ 2
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BJ 2
Personal correspondence and papers of Sir James Clark Ross. The records relate mainly to Ross' expedition to the Antarctic, 1839 to 1843, and the period immediately prior to it. Also included are papers concerning his Arctic expedition in search...
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BJ 2
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Title (The name of the record)
- Sir James Clark Ross: Correspondence and Papers
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Date (When the record was created)
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1833-1875
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Description (What the record is about)
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Personal correspondence and papers of Sir James Clark Ross.
The records relate mainly to Ross' expedition to the Antarctic, 1839 to 1843, and the period immediately prior to it. Also included are papers concerning his Arctic expedition in search of Sir John Franklin, 1848 to 1849.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Ross, James Clark, 1800-1862
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14 file(s)
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Open
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- Topics
- Polar
- Personal and family papers
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This deposit is part of a collection of records of the Kew Observatory, inherited by the Meteorological Office.
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In 1838 the British Association for the Advancement of Science represented to the Admiralty the urgency of a magnetic survey of the Antarctic region, and, consequently, it was resolved to dispatch an Antarctic expedition under the command of Captain (later Rear Admiral Sir) James Clark Ross. The voyage occupied four years (1839-1843) and was doubly successful as regards the magnetic survey and the discovery of previously unknown lands Ross set out the narrative, himself, in his two volume work Voyage of Discovery and Research in the Southern and Antarctic Regions. From 1848 to 1849, Ross led an expedition to seek out the ill-fated expedition of Sir John Franklin, lost in the Arctic in 1845.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C2865/
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