Article Nº 3263 Military or naval figure Vol. III · p. 394
Ross (Sir James Clark)
British commander of the Antarctic expedition of the Erebus and Terror, who visited Madeira in 1839 and measured Pico Ruivo.
He was the commander of the expedition that explored the Antarctic seas in the ships Erebus and Terror in 1840 and 1841. He was in Madeira in October 1839, where, with other officers, he measured Pico Ruivo (‘russet peak’).
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