{"title":"Ross, John","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"victoria-harbour-by-captain-john-ross-2nd-arctic-expedition-1835-old-print-p-7-028295","title":"Victoria Harbour by Captain John Ross—2nd Arctic Expedition 1835 old print","description":"\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e'Victoria Harbour'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eA polar view from Sir John Ross’s own drawing, originally published in his official 1835 Narrative of a Second Voyage in Search of a North-West Passage. Victoria Harbour was one of the Arctic localities recorded during the expedition’s long struggle in Boothia Felix, where geographical discovery, shipboard endurance and practical survival became inseparable. As the opening image in the series, the plate helped establish the voyage visually: remote harbour, ice-bound navigation and British exploration pressed into an unfamiliar Arctic landscape.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Antiquemapsandprints.com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53123564110171,"sku":"P-7-028295","price":59.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0923\/9583\/1643\/files\/P-7-028295a.jpg?v=1779887891"},{"product_id":"comparative-chart-of-the-ancient-modern-navigators-john-ross-arctic-1835-map-p-7-028296","title":"Comparative chart of the ancient \u0026 modern navigators—John Ross—Arctic 1835 map","description":"\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e'Comparative chart of the ancient and modern navigators'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eA striking contextual plate from Ross’s Narrative of a Second Voyage, the Comparative chart of the ancient and modern navigators presents Arctic exploration as a cumulative race of endurance, science and national prestige. Published after Ross’s four-year search for a North-West Passage in the Victory, the chart sets his expedition within the longer history of high-latitude discovery, visually measuring modern progress against earlier navigators. Its appeal lies less in decorative scenery than in intellectual framing: it is the plate that explains how Ross wished his voyage to be understood. Despite the expedition’s repeated frustrations, long imprisonment in the ice and ultimate abandonment of the ship, the voyage produced major geographical and magnetic discoveries, including James Clark Ross’s determination of the North Magnetic Pole.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Antiquemapsandprints.com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53123564798299,"sku":"P-7-028296","price":140.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0923\/9583\/1643\/files\/P-7-028296a.jpg?v=1779887894"},{"product_id":"victory-dismasted-in-a-gale-june-14-1829-john-ross-2nd-arctic-expedition-1835-p-7-028297","title":"Victory, dismasted in a gale, June 14, 1829—John Ross—2nd Arctic Expedition 1835","description":"\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e'Victory, dismasted in a gale, June 14, 1829'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eA dramatic early episode from Ross’s second voyage, engraved from a drawing by Sir John Ross and originally published in his official 1835 Narrative. The plate shows the expedition vessel Victory dismasted in a gale on 14 June 1829, before the Arctic ordeal had fully begun. Intended to reach the North-West Passage with the aid of steam power, the ship was already tested by weather and seamanship. The image foreshadows the greater trials ahead: ice, immobilisation, abandonment and eventual rescue.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Antiquemapsandprints.com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53123564962139,"sku":"P-7-028297","price":59.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0923\/9583\/1643\/files\/P-7-028297a.jpg?v=1779887894"},{"product_id":"cape-hussard-grimble-isle-brentford-bay-brown-s-island-ross-arctic-expdn-1835-p-7-028298","title":"Cape Hussard—Grimble Isle—Brentford Bay—Brown’s Island—Ross Arctic Expdn 1835","description":"\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e'Taking Possession. 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The chart is a small but practical piece of expedition cartography, showing coastline, islands, soundings in fathoms, routes, hachured relief and a compass rose. Its value lies in its direct connection with the navigational work of the voyage: Ross’s Victory was probing the poorly known waters around Boothia Felix, where apparent harbours and ice-bound inlets could mean the difference between safety and disaster. Less decorative than the ethnographic and coloured plates, it is nevertheless an important Ross expedition map, turning the voyage’s hard-won Arctic observations into usable geographical information.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Antiquemapsandprints.com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53123565420891,"sku":"P-7-028299","price":90.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0923\/9583\/1643\/files\/P-7-028299a.jpg?v=1779887896"},{"product_id":"christian-s-monument-hamilton-s-island-john-ross-2nd-arctic-expedition-1835-p-7-028300","title":"Christian’s Monument. Hamilton’s Island—John Ross—2nd Arctic Expedition 1835","description":"\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e'Christian’s Monument. 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The subject belongs to the exploratory phase before the voyage became dominated by entrapment, wintering and survival.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Antiquemapsandprints.com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53123565650267,"sku":"P-7-028300","price":50.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0923\/9583\/1643\/files\/P-7-028300a.jpg?v=1779887895"},{"product_id":"andrew-ross-island-by-captain-john-ross-2nd-arctic-expedition-1835-old-print-p-7-028301","title":"Andrew Ross Island by Captain John Ross—2nd Arctic Expedition 1835 old print","description":"\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e'Andrew Ross Island'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eA handsome coloured Arctic view from Ross’s second voyage, showing the Victory off Andrew Ross Island amid ice-strewn waters. The image belongs to the early dramatic phase of the expedition, before the long entrapment that transformed Ross’s search for a North-West Passage into a four-year struggle for survival. It shows the ship close to the shore, with heavy ice already suggesting the dangers ahead, combining named discovery, the expedition vessel itself and the visual drama of Arctic navigation under worsening conditions.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Antiquemapsandprints.com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53123566010715,"sku":"P-7-028301","price":85.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0923\/9583\/1643\/files\/P-7-028301a.jpg?v=1779887897"},{"product_id":"cape-margaret-by-captain-john-ross-2nd-arctic-expedition-1835-old-print-p-7-028302","title":"Cape Margaret by Captain John Ross—2nd Arctic Expedition 1835 old print","description":"\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e'Cape Margaret'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eA spare Arctic view from Ross’s second voyage, engraved from Sir John Ross’s own drawing and originally published in his official 1835 Narrative. Cape Margaret was one of the newly recorded coastal features encountered during the expedition’s probing of the Boothia region in search of a North-West Passage. The image is typical of the quieter but important plates in the series: less dramatic than the shipwreck and rescue scenes, but part of the careful visual record by which Ross converted difficult Arctic observation into published geographical knowledge.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Antiquemapsandprints.com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53123566174555,"sku":"P-7-028302","price":41.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0923\/9583\/1643\/files\/P-7-028302a.jpg?v=1779887897"},{"product_id":"the-victory-stopped-by-the-ice-30-sept-1829-john-ross-2nd-arctic-expedition-1835-p-7-028303","title":"The Victory stopped by the ice 30 Sept 1829—John Ross—2nd Arctic Expedition 1835","description":"\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e'The Victory, finally stopped by the ice Sept. 30, 1829'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eA key narrative plate from Ross’s second voyage, after a drawing by Sir John Ross and originally published in his official 1835 Narrative. It shows the Victory finally stopped by the ice on 30 September 1829, the moment when the expedition’s advance gave way to enforced Arctic residence. What had begun as a renewed attempt on the North-West Passage became a prolonged ordeal in Boothia Felix. 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Felix Harbour became one of the central places in the expedition’s story after the Victory was stopped by ice and forced into winter quarters. In summer, the harbour appears less hostile than in the celebrated winter view, but it remained the base from which Ross and his men endured confinement, surveyed the surrounding region and attempted to continue the search for a North-West Passage.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Antiquemapsandprints.com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53123566731611,"sku":"P-7-028304","price":50.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0923\/9583\/1643\/files\/P-7-028304a.jpg?v=1779887899"},{"product_id":"felix-harbour-winter-by-captain-john-ross-2nd-arctic-expedition-1835-print-p-7-028305","title":"Felix Harbour [Winter] by Captain John Ross—2nd Arctic Expedition 1835 print","description":"\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003eFelix Harbour [Winter]\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eOne of the more atmospheric plates from Ross’s Narrative, showing Felix Harbour in winter after the expedition’s advance had been halted by ice. 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Ross’s men had entered an unfamiliar and unforgiving region in pursuit of the North-West Passage, and their survival increasingly depended on local knowledge of weather, ice, animals and geography. The plate therefore stands at the meeting point of exploration narrative, Arctic anthropology and practical survival. Published in Ross’s official 1835 account, it helped present the expedition not simply as a geographical venture, but as a story of contact and exchange. The figures, sledges and snow landscape capture the moment when European polar ambition met an indigenous Arctic world that understood the terrain far better than the newcomers.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Antiquemapsandprints.com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53123567616347,"sku":"P-7-028306","price":120.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0923\/9583\/1643\/files\/P-7-028306a.jpg?v=1779887901"},{"product_id":"north-hendon-boothians-igloos-john-ross-2nd-arctic-expedition-1835-old-print-p-7-028307","title":"North Hendon—Boothians' igloos—John Ross—2nd Arctic Expedition 1835 old print","description":"\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e'North Hendon, snow cottages of the Boothians'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eA fine Arctic ethnographic subject from Ross’s second voyage, showing the snow cottages of the Boothians at North Hendon. The image belongs to the crucial middle portion of the expedition, when the Victory was trapped in Boothia Felix and Ross’s men were forced into prolonged residence rather than rapid discovery. Snow houses, clothing, sledges and settlement form are carefully observed, giving the plate value beyond ordinary polar scenery. Ross’s 1835 Narrative repeatedly relied on the contrast between European naval discipline and Inuit adaptation to the Arctic environment; this plate makes that contrast visible. 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Such plates were central to the narrative’s claim to scientific and ethnographic value: Ross had not merely sailed into unknown waters, but had lived for years among people whose knowledge of the region proved indispensable. The portraits personalize the contact between the expedition and the Boothian Inuit, moving the book beyond charts and coastal profiles into human encounter. Issued in the 1835 account of the voyage, the plate reflects contemporary British interest in Arctic peoples, clothing and physiognomy, while also reminding the viewer that Ross’s geographical information, food supply and prospects of escape were shaped by local Arctic experience.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Antiquemapsandprints.com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53123567845723,"sku":"P-7-028308","price":105.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0923\/9583\/1643\/files\/P-7-028308a.jpg?v=1779887903"},{"product_id":"chart-drawn-by-the-natives-by-captain-john-ross-2nd-arctic-expedition-1835-map-p-7-028309","title":"Chart drawn by the natives by Captain John Ross—2nd Arctic Expedition 1835 map","description":"\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e'Chart drawn by the natives'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eOne of the most compelling plates in Ross’s Narrative, this “Chart drawn by the natives” is a rare published example of indigenous Arctic cartography within a major British polar expedition account. It records geographical knowledge supplied by Inuit informants at a point when Ross and his officers were trying to understand the coasts, channels and travelling routes of Boothia Felix. It is at once a polar map, an ethnographic document and evidence of how European exploration often depended on local knowledge. In the context of the expedition, the chart also undercuts the usual heroic narrative of solitary discovery, showing that survival and mapping in the Arctic were collaborative processes, even when later presented through British naval authority.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Antiquemapsandprints.com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53123568238939,"sku":"P-7-028309","price":250.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0923\/9583\/1643\/files\/P-7-028309a.jpg?v=1779887903"},{"product_id":"shulanina-tulluachiu-tirikshiu-by-captain-john-ross-2nd-arctic-expedition-1835-p-7-028310","title":"Shulanina. 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The title uses the Inuit word for the animal, underlining the degree to which the explorers’ understanding of Boothia Felix was mediated by local language and experience. The scene is more than sporting illustration: food, fuel and mobility were central to survival once the Victory was beset and the expedition became trapped for successive winters. James Clark Ross’s sledge journeys produced the expedition’s greatest scientific achievement, the discovery of the North Magnetic Pole, but plates such as this reveal the physical conditions behind that achievement. 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Lady Melville’s Lake and the Dundas Mountains represent the expedition’s geographical work beyond the immediate drama of the trapped Victory. During the long residence in Boothia Felix, Ross and his officers recorded lakes, valleys, coasts and routes, building a fuller picture of the region while still hoping to resolve the North-West Passage question. 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Graham’s Valley belongs to the expedition’s extended survey of Boothia Felix, when immobilisation in the ice forced Ross’s party to become explorers of the surrounding land as much as navigators of its coasts. Such plates are understated but important: they record the visual geography gathered during years of enforced residence, when valleys, lakes and routes became vital to movement, hunting, mapping and survival.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Antiquemapsandprints.com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53123569221979,"sku":"P-7-028314","price":59.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0923\/9583\/1643\/files\/P-7-028314a.jpg?v=1779887912"},{"product_id":"copeland-islands-and-sheriffs-harbour-john-ross-2nd-arctic-expedition-1835-p-7-028315","title":"Copeland Islands and Sheriffs Harbour—John Ross—2nd Arctic Expedition 1835","description":"\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e'Copeland Islands and Sheriffs Harbour'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Ross expedition coastal view after Sir John Ross’s own drawing, originally published in his official 1835 Narrative. Copeland Islands and Sheriffs Harbour were among the named features recorded during the painstaking survey of Boothia Felix and its neighbouring waters. The plate reflects the practical maritime purpose of the voyage: to identify harbours, islands, channels and possible routes through the Arctic maze. Although quieter than the dramatic ship scenes, it forms part of the navigational record produced from a voyage that became both a search for passage and a struggle for survival.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Antiquemapsandprints.com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53123569254747,"sku":"P-7-028315","price":59.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0923\/9583\/1643\/files\/P-7-028315a.jpg?v=1779887911"},{"product_id":"the-saumarez-river-which-never-freezes-john-ross-2nd-arctic-expedition-1835-p-7-028316","title":"The Saumarez River, which never freezes—John Ross—2nd Arctic Expedition 1835","description":"\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e'The Saumarez River, which never freezes in Lat. 70° N. 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The plate belongs to the broader record of Boothia Felix, where observation of rivers, ice, landforms and seasonal change became essential to mapping and survival.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Antiquemapsandprints.com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53123569353051,"sku":"P-7-028316","price":50.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0923\/9583\/1643\/files\/P-7-028316a.jpg?v=1779887912"},{"product_id":"tilsons-islands-by-captain-john-ross-2nd-arctic-expedition-1835-old-print-p-7-028317","title":"Tilsons Islands by Captain John Ross—2nd Arctic Expedition 1835 old print","description":"\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e'Tilsons Islands'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eA compact Arctic coastal view from Sir John Ross’s own drawing, originally published in his official 1835 account of the second voyage. Tilsons Islands were among the many localities named and recorded during the expedition’s survey of Boothia Felix and adjacent waters. The image captures the quieter work of polar exploration: identifying islands, fixing coastal forms and converting remote, ice-bound observations into a mapped geography. Such plates supported Ross’s larger claim that, despite the failure to complete the North-West Passage, the expedition had made substantial geographical discoveries.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Antiquemapsandprints.com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53123569385819,"sku":"P-7-028317","price":45.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0923\/9583\/1643\/files\/P-7-028317a.jpg?v=1779887911"},{"product_id":"the-river-lindsay-by-captain-john-ross-2nd-arctic-expedition-1835-old-print-p-7-028318","title":"The River Lindsay by Captain John Ross—2nd Arctic Expedition 1835 old print","description":"\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e'The River Lindsay'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eA topographical plate from Ross’s second voyage, engraved from Sir John Ross’s own drawing and originally published in his official 1835 Narrative. The River Lindsay forms part of the inland and coastal geography recorded during the expedition’s prolonged residence in Boothia Felix. Once the Victory was beset, movement by land and over ice became central to the expedition’s survival and to its scientific results. The plate therefore belongs not just to the scenery of the voyage, but to the practical mapping of routes, watercourses and landmarks in an unforgiving Arctic environment.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Antiquemapsandprints.com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53123569516891,"sku":"P-7-028318","price":54.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0923\/9583\/1643\/files\/P-7-028318a.jpg?v=1779887914"},{"product_id":"victoria-harbour-by-captain-john-ross-2nd-arctic-expedition-1835-old-map-p-7-028320","title":"Victoria Harbour by Captain John Ross—2nd Arctic Expedition 1835 old map","description":"\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e'Victoria Harbour'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis chart of Victoria Harbour is one of the more substantial cartographic plates from Ross’s Narrative, documenting the Arctic geography in which the expedition vessel Victory became immobilised during the search for a North-West Passage. Unlike the scenic views, it speaks directly to the practical work of the expedition: surveying harbours, recording soundings and fixing positions in a landscape where survival depended on ice, shelter and seasonal movement. The harbour charts in Ross’s account were meant to transform hard-won experience into usable geographical knowledge for future navigators. This example is especially attractive as a separately catalogued polar map, linking the abandoned vessel, the repeated wintering of the crew, and the broader mapping of Boothia Felix by John Ross and James Clark Ross during the 1829–33 expedition.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Antiquemapsandprints.com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53123569582427,"sku":"P-7-028320","price":115.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0923\/9583\/1643\/files\/P-7-028320a.jpg?v=1779887913"},{"product_id":"somerset-house-fury-beach-north-somerset-john-ross-2nd-arctic-expedition-1835-p-7-028321","title":"Somerset House, Fury Beach, North Somerset—John Ross—2nd Arctic Expedition 1835","description":"\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003eSomerset House, Fury Beach, North Somerset [Summer]\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eA survival subject from Ross’s second Arctic voyage, after a drawing by Sir John Ross and originally published in his official 1835 Narrative. Somerset House at Fury Beach represents the expedition after the abandonment of the Victory, when shelter, stores and improvised organisation became matters of life and death. Fury Beach was already associated with earlier polar exploration through Parry’s abandoned stores, and Ross’s men used the site during their retreat. This summer view records the fragile architecture of endurance that linked the loss of the ship with eventual rescue.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Antiquemapsandprints.com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53123569746267,"sku":"P-7-028321","price":59.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0923\/9583\/1643\/files\/P-7-028321a.jpg?v=1779887915"},{"product_id":"somerset-house-sections-north-somerset-john-ross-2nd-arctic-expedition-1835-p-7-028322","title":"Somerset House sections—North Somerset—John Ross—2nd Arctic Expedition 1835","description":"\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e'Somerset House: transverse and longitudinal sections'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eAn unusually interesting survival plate from Ross’s second Arctic voyage, showing the sections of Somerset House, the shelter associated with Fury Beach in North Somerset. After the Victory had to be abandoned, Ross’s crew relied on improvised structures, cached stores and disciplined winter organisation to survive their final phase in the Arctic. The plate has particular appeal because it is not merely scenic: it records expedition architecture, logistics and daily life under extreme pressure. The transverse and longitudinal sections show how the men converted limited materials into habitable space. In the story of the voyage, Somerset House represents the point at which exploration became endurance engineering, bridging the loss of the ship and eventual rescue.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Antiquemapsandprints.com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53123570368859,"sku":"P-7-028322","price":160.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0923\/9583\/1643\/files\/P-7-028322a.jpg?v=1779887916"},{"product_id":"the-victory-s-crew-saved-by-the-isabella-john-ross-2nd-arctic-expedition-1835-p-7-028323","title":"The Victory’s crew saved by the Isabella—John Ross—2nd Arctic Expedition 1835","description":"\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e'The Victory’s crew saved by the Isabella'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eA culminating rescue scene from Ross’s second voyage, engraved from a drawing by Sir John Ross and originally published in his official 1835 Narrative. The plate shows the exhausted crew of the Victory saved by the Isabella in 1833, after years trapped in the Arctic, the abandonment of their ship and a desperate retreat. The subject had special resonance: Ross had commanded the Isabella on his earlier 1818 Arctic voyage. As the closing human drama of the expedition, the image transforms the failed passage attempt into a story of endurance, providence and return.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Antiquemapsandprints.com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53123570762075,"sku":"P-7-028323","price":75.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0923\/9583\/1643\/files\/P-7-028323a.jpg?v=1779887917"},{"product_id":"chart-of-the-discoveries-made-in-the-arctic-regions-1829-33-ross-1835-map-p-7-028324","title":"Chart of the Discoveries made in the Arctic Regions 1829–33 — Ross 1835 map","description":"\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e'To His Most Excellent Majesty William IVth, King of Great Britain, Ireland \u0026amp;c. This Chart of the Discoveries made in the Arctic Regions, in 1829, 30, 31, 32, \u0026amp; 33, is dedicated with His Majesty’s gracious permission by His Majesty’s loyal and devoted subjects John Ross, Captain Royal Navy, James Clark Ross, Commander Royal Navy.'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis large chart of Ross’s discoveries is the key cartographic statement of the 1829–33 expedition, summarising the search for a North-West Passage, the exploration of Boothia Felix and James Clark Ross’s journeys to the North Magnetic Pole. Once again, however, Ross encountered controversy with his cartography. In 1830 James Clark Ross had charted three islands in James Ross Strait and named them the Beaufort Islands. John Ross himself never saw the islands, but back in England, using his authority as expedition leader, he renamed them the Clarence Islands and added further fictional islands to the group, apparently to impress William IV. The map is therefore both a major polar document and a revealing act of self-aggrandisement.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Antiquemapsandprints.com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53123570958683,"sku":"P-7-028324","price":680.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0923\/9583\/1643\/files\/P-7-028324a.jpg?v=1779887918"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.antiquemapsandprints.com\/fr\/collections\/ross-john.oembed","provider":"Antiquemapsandprints.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}