HISTORY OF THE ISLANDS 



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THE FIRST CHART OF THE SOUTH ORKNEYS 



It has already been mentioned (p. 289, footnote) that Powell's chart of the South 

 Orkneys (Fig. 2) was included as part of his general chart of South Shetlands in which 

 the South Orkneys appear under their original name of "Powell's Group". 



It is not absolutely clear that Powell was responsible for this name, although as 

 author of the chart he may be assumed to be. Balch/ however, states definitely that 

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name, let this land bear mine".- On the other hand, since Powell does not allude to the 

 group by any collective title in his journal, and because the islands are referred to as " the 

 Powell's Group of the Dove " only in the editorial preface, it is suggested that the original 

 name was given by R. H. Laurie, who apparently published the chart during Powell's 

 absence (see footnote 2, p. 288). Whichever is the correct view is not of very much 

 consequence now, for Weddell (see p. 309), who landed on the islands some nine weeks 



' Balch, E. S., 1904, Antarctica Addenda, Journ. Franklin Inst., CLVn, p. 86 (Philadelphia). 



2 However this may be, it apparently did not deter Palmer from calling the new discovery South Iceland. 



