File:Ross at the North Magnetic Pole.jpg

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English: Image from Huish's 1835 book entitled

Com'r Ross Planting the British Standard on the True Position of the Magnetic Pole

In 1831 James Clark Ross led the first party to reach the North Magnetic Pole. Illustration in 1835 book by Robert Huish, facing page 589 https://archive.org/stream/lastvoyagecapts00unkngoog#page/n612/mode/2up.
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Source The last voyage of Capt. Sir John Ross, R.N. Knt. to the Arctic regions. facing page 589
https://archive.org/stream/lastvoyagecapts00unkngoog#page/n612/mode/2up
Author Huish, Robert (25 September 1776 – April 1850)
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