James Weddell information

James Weddell FRSE (24 August 1787 – 9 September 1834) was a British sailor, navigator and seal hunter who in February 1823 sailed to latitude of 74° 15′ S—a...

surrounding Antarctica. The Weddell seal was discovered and named in the 1820s during expeditions led by British sealing captain James Weddell to the area of the...

The Weddell Sea is part of the Southern Ocean and contains the Weddell Gyre. Its land boundaries are defined by the bay formed from the coasts of Coats...

island, his party were the first to set foot on the Antarctic continent. James Weddell was an Anglo-Scottish seaman who saw service in both the Royal Navy...

Weddell Island (Spanish: Isla San José) is one of the Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic, lying off the southwest extremity of West Falkland. It is...

United Kingdom. The Weddell seal, a "true seal", is named after Sir James Weddell, commander of British sealing expeditions in the Weddell Sea. Antarctic krill...

John Weddell (1583–1642) was an English sea captain who served for the Muscovy Company and then the East India Company (EIC). From May to August 1617...

Hugh Algernon Weddell (1819–1877), English botanist James Weddell (1787–1834), English navigator and Antarctic explorer Robert Weddell (1882–1951), Australian...

were known in English as "Fuegians." The name is credited to Captain James Weddell, who supposedly created the term in 1822. The term is now avoided as...

southern tip of South America. The name has been credited to Captain James Weddell, who supposedly created the term in 1822. The indigenous Fuegians belonged...

Wager Paul Walker Carl Frederick Wandel Gino Watkins Richard Weber James Weddell Walter Wellman Frank Wild Hubert Wilkins Edward Wilson Oscar Wisting...

schooner Wasp in March 1823, during a sealing and exploration voyage in the Weddell Sea area of Antarctica. Morrell provided precise coordinates and a description...

Island as it was the year of the coronation of King George IV. In 1823, James Weddell visited the islands, gave the archipelago its present name (after the...

between 55 and 80 degrees west. In 1823, James Weddell, a British sealer, sailed into what is now known as the Weddell Sea. Until the twentieth century, most...

61°20′W / 64.217°S 61.333°W / -64.217; -61.333) 1823–1824 – James Weddell discovers the Weddell Sea; – on 20 February 1823 his ship Jane (160 tons) reached...

Europeans to sight Lake Chad. 1823 – Sealer James Weddell sails to 74°15′S into "King George IV's Sea" (Weddell Sea). 1824 – Samuel Black ascends the Finlay...

foot on a southern land that he believed was a continent. In 1823, James Weddell claimed to have discovered the sea that now bears his name, reaching...

River Plate and ultimately Argentina). Eyewitnesses present, such as James Weddell, felt the ceremony was designed simply to establish a salvage claim...

1820. Captain Jewett sought assistance from the British explorer James Weddell. Weddell reported the letter he received from Jewett as: Sir, I have the...

captain sought assistance from the British explorer James Weddell to put the ship into harbour. Weddell reported that only thirty seamen and forty soldiers...

Singleton Copley, American-English colonial and painter (b. 1738) 1834 – James Weddell, Belgian-English sailor and navigator (b. 1787) 1841 – Augustin Pyramus...

from the original on February 22, 2012. Retrieved August 22, 2012. James, Weddell; University, Washington State University. Task Force for Historic Preservation...

name Cape Weddell was given by David Ferguson, Scottish geologist, during his visit to South Georgia in 1911–12. Named after James Weddell, Master, Royal...

including the social reformer Louisa Twining in 1820. James Weddell, discoverer of the Weddell Sea in Antarctica, was buried in the churchyard in 1834...

September 5 – Thomas Lee, English architect (b. 1794) September 9 – James Weddell, Antarctic explorer (b. 1787) September 15 – William H. Crawford, American...