HISTORY OF DISCOVERY. 



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Shetland Isles. These, which have been named Palmer 

 Land and Trinity Land, are separated from the South 

 Shetlands by Bransfield Straits ; Louis-Philippe Land 

 farther east was, on the other hand, not known till 

 subsequently discovered by Dumont D'Urville. 



In the midst of this swarm of seal-hunting vessels, 

 two ships made their appearance in 182 1, having left 

 the Russian harbour of Kronstadt in 1819, presumably 



Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen. 



without having been made acquainted with the discovery 

 of Smith. The object of this expedition was to make a 

 voyage of circumnavigation in high southern latitudes, 

 the first since Cook's achievements. It was under the 

 command of Captain Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen, 

 and the vessels, the Wostok, under Bellingshausen, and 

 the Mirny, under Lazarew, had been sent out by the 



