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and Book with signature and Book Plate, the cylindrical seal depicts a wolfs head, a sled, a globe and a long pennant with the words "Spes Aspera Levat"translates "Hope outweighs Hardship" the book called "Sverigne"
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CATALOGUE NOTE: Admiral Sir John Ross, CB, RN (24 June 1777 – 30 August 1856) was a British naval officer and Arctic explorer.
Ross was the son of the Rev. Andrew Ross of Balsarroch, minister of Inch in Wigtownshire, and Elizabeth Corsane, daughter of Robert Corsane, the Provost of Dumfries. In 1786, aged only nine, he joined the Royal Navy as an apprentice. He served in the Mediterranean until 1789 and then in the English Channel. In 1808, he acted as a captain of the Swedish Navy and in 1812 became a Commander.
Sir John Ross stands alone among 19th Century British Arctic explorers. He made three expeditions to the Arctic, looking for the Northwest Passage, exploring King William Island, Boothia Peninsula and searching for the lost expedition of Sir John Franklin.
TIMELINE:
* 1786 joined the Royal Navy at age 9. On the 'Pearl' in the Mediterranean.
* 1790 crew on 'Impregnable'
* 1805 became a Lieutenant
* 1809 made a Swedish Knight due to a brief period of service to the Swedish Admiral
* 1812 promoted to Naval Commander and took the helm of a series of ships in the Baltic, North Sea and the White Sea.
* 1818 appointed Commander of the ship 'Isabella' - searching for a Northwest Passage through Lancaster South to the Pacific Ocean
*1819 publish his book ' 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"
*1829 Private Expedition, under the sponsorship of his friend Felix Booth
*1834 Knighted
*1835 Published a book about the expedition, " 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"
*1850 took his own private yacht "Mary" to search for Sir John Franklin and his men. Discovered the graves on Beechey Island in 1851.
*1850 promoted to Rear Admiral
Detailed Information: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Ross_(Royal_Navy_officer)#Publications
PROVENANCE: Sir John Ross (1777 - 1856), then by descent.
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