WorkJohn Ross

A Voyage of Discovery or Narrative of a Second Voyage

John Ross (1777–1856)

InferredFuller refers to 'the description Captain Ross gives of an Esquimaux hut,' clearly naming Captain (John) Ross as the author. Captain John Ross (1777–1856) led Arctic expeditions and published vivid accounts of encounters with Inuit ('Esquimaux') people, including descriptions of their dwellings. His A Voyage of Discovery (1819) covers the first expedition; his Narrative of a Second Voyage (1835) covers a later one.

AnalyzedReadMentioned

Documented 1819

Manuscripts

Selected engagements, in chronological order.

Totals count documented engagements, once at the earliest witness. How we count →

Reprints, Memoirs passages, and repeat notes within a single manuscript are shown but never counted twice. Evidence for this work is selective, not exhaustive. Methodology →

When Fuller engaged with this work

I. Childhood1record

II. Adolescence

III. Self-Directed

IV. Transcendentalist

V. New York

VI. Europe

✦. Memoirs (1852)

1810

1820

1832

1836

1844

1846

1850

1819—

Notes on Books, Children, and Faith

analyzed · readManuscript page

“I felt my very heart shrunk and palsied by the description Captain Ross gives of an Esquimaux hut. No doubt they love and hate, laugh and speak, but where are their thoughts?”

Fuller, Margaret. "Notes on Books, Children, and Faith." Houghton Library, Harvard University.

Inferred Fuller refers to 'the description Captain Ross gives of an Esquimaux hut,' clearly naming Captain (John) Ross as the author. Captain John Ross (1777–1856) led Arctic expeditions and published vivid accounts of encounters with Inuit ('Esquimaux') people, including descriptions of their dwellings. His A Voyage of Discovery (1819) covers the first expedition; his Narrative of a Second Voyage (1835) covers a later one.