Talk:John Ross (Royal Navy officer)

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WHY IS THIS BIT IN QUOTATION MARKS - "This impressive experience, as well as the scientific and ethnological information gathered by Ross's team, brought him the renown that he had long sought." - WHO SAID IT?

It appears to be a quote from this article. I will insert a reference. Bastie 14:39, 16 January 2007 (UTC)

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Ross himself didn't discover magnetic North. Rather his nephew did. This is stated in the Biography linked to from the article. - 206.75.99.84 20:13, 22 February 2007 (UTC) Jacq

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It is the Croker Mountains, not Crocker, which is Peary's 1906 mirage. It is wrong on the Fata Morgana page too. I have forgotten all the rules for editing, so maybe someone else can do the change. here's a source, i know I've come across it elsewhere more reliable. http://libweb5.princeton.edu/visual_materials/maps/websites/northwest-passage/croker-mountains.htm Joe —Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.189.238.144 (talk) 18:05, 27 April 2011 (UTC)

Sir Captain James Clark Ross

Is "Sir Captain James Clark Ross" right? I think has to be "Captain Sir James Clark Ross". -- MiLuZi (talk) 10:15, 15 December 2011 (UTC)

It should be "Captain Sir" and I changed it. The only places using "Sir Captain" seem to be mirrors of Wikipedia. CambridgeBayWeather (talk) 14:43, 15 December 2011 (UTC)

What a crock

I believe "Croker's Mountains" to be correct, NOT "Crocker's Hills" nor "Crocker's Mountains".

• This source has "Croker's Mountains" after John Wilson Croker 1st Sec'y of the Admiralty. http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio.php?id_nbr=4170
• This source has "Croker's Mountains", per Ross's report. http://libweb5.princeton.edu/visual_materials/maps/websites/northwest-passage/croker-mountains.htm

Possible confusion with:

• "Croker Mountains" in Canada. http://www.geographic.org/geographic_names/name.php?uni=-796242&fid=892&c=canada
• "Crocker Hills" in Wisconsin USA (Google)
• Crocker Mountain (Maine)
• Crocker Range Borneo, Malay
• Crocker Land Expedition & Robert Peary
• Here: "Crocker's Mountains" (sic) Fata Morgana (mirage)

NB: All sources cited here retrieved 05 May 2014. I will change this if there is a concurrence. Tis why we get no tot no more matesTjlynnjr (talk) 00:57, 6 May 2014 (UTC).

NB: In the "Notes" section of the article line 1 : John Ross - The Arctic and More - 19th Century - Pathfinders and Passageways http://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/206/301/lac-bac/explorers/www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/explorers/h24-1810-e.htm (Retrieved 06 May 2014),as a source. However, the source has "Crocker Hills" (sic). Tjlynnjr (talk) 17:17, 6 May 2014 (UTC).

Sources: The Canadian Encyclopaedia. Sir John Ross http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/sir-john-ross/ Retrieved; 24 September 2015 Tjlynnjr (talk) 09:30, 24 September 2015 (UTC) .