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/Home/Historical Studies/History/Age of Exploration/Antarctica/General Resources Antarctic Explorers: James Weddell Votes:0 James Weddell 1787-1834 James Weddell joined the Navy in 1796 and by 1815 had risen to the rank of Master earning him high marks from his superiors in the process. In 1819 he joined the Merchant Service and was introduced to a shipwright named James Strachan who, along with several other partners, owned a 160 ton brig. Weddell persuaded Strachan to give him command of the ship for a sealing expedition to the newly discovered South Shetland Islands. Even though Weddell was new to sealing, Strachen went along with the plans due to Weddells Antarctic training while in the Navy. Little is known about this voyage other than Weddell actually visited the group as well as the South Orkney Islands recently found by Powell and Palmer. Weddell returned in 1821 but it was an unprofitable venture due t Read More Go to Site Antarctic Explorers: Jules-Sebastien-Cesar Dumont d'Urville Votes:0 Jules-Sebastien-Cesar Dumont d'Urville 1790-1842 On January 20, 1840 Captain Dumont d'Urville was exploring the same seas as the United States Exploring Expedition when he and his crew sighted land about a hundred miles west of the first position reported by Senior Commander Wilkes of the USEE four days before. A landing party went ashore on a small, rock-covered island near the ice cliff and planted the French flag thus assuming possession of the region on January 22. The claim extends from the coastline for approximately 135 miles between the 142nd and 137th east meridians extending inland all the way to the South Pole. A voyage of world circumnavigation, the French naval expedition of 1837-40, commanded by d'Urville on the ASTROLABE and Jacquinot on the ZÈLÈE visited the South Orkney Is Read More Go to Site EyeWitness to History Votes:0 EyeWitness has a new location: eyewitnesstohistory.com You will transferred to our new site in a few seconds. Please bookmark the new location for future reference! Read More Go to Site

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