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4 lip 2008 · An illustration of a computer application window Wayback Machine. An illustration of an open book. Texts. An illustration of two cells of a film strip. ... James Weddell. Publication date 1827 Topics latitude, ... PDF download. download 1 file
The collection comprises of material relating to Weddell's voyages south including the British Sealing Voyage, 1820-1821 and the British Sealing and Exploratory Voyage, 1822-1824, (both led by Weddell), correspondence by Weddell and biographical notes on him and the Weddell family.
weddell, james 1787 - 1834 from United States (also Belgium) sealer and explorer, appears to have been born either in Ostend, Belgium or Massachusetts, the son of an upholsterer by trade, who migrated from his native Lanarkshire to London and his wife Sarah, née Pease.
"Weddell, James," in Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, London: Smith, Elder, & Co. (1885–1900) in 63 vols. Some or all works by this author were published before January 1, 1929, and are in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago.
James Weddell (1787–1834) a self-taught navigator, started his sailing career aged 9 and later led several voyages towards the Antarctic. This book, first published in 1825, is his account of the voyage of the Jane, which went on a sealing trip to the Falklands and beyond, but turned back before reaching Antarctica itself.
16 kwi 2022 · James Weddell conscientiously explored the coasts of South Orkney, moved further east towards the South Sandwich Islands, but found no new land and finally ordered course south. He promised each sailor a whopping £10 reward if they discovered new land – which led to some false alarms.
24 sie 2016 · James Weddell, a British sealer and ship's captain, was born Aug. 24, 1787. Weddell was an odd sealer, in that he liked to explore and make scientific observations while looking for new sealing grounds, and since his domain was the southern ocean, there was plenty of unexplored territory to examine.
