Person naval officer · explorer · foreign visitor
Main article Ross (Sir James Clark) British commander of the Antarctic expedition of the Erebus and Terror, who visited Madeira in 1839 and measured Pico Ruivo. → British commander of the Antarctic expedition of the Erebus and Terror, who visited Madeira in 1839 and measured Pico Ruivo.
2 · Chronology
1839 183518401845 1840
- October 1839
Sir James Clark Ross's expedition with HMS Erebus and Terror visited Madeira and its officers measured Pico Ruivo at 1,858 and 1,860 m.
- 1840–1841
James Clark Ross led the Erebus and Terror expedition in Antarctic seas.
3 · Places mentioned
1 Map: Madeira (1) - 1Pico Ruivo
