AMERICAN MUSEUM GUIDE IEAFLETS 



beginning of the nineteenth century several American 

 vessels regularly visited the shores of South Georgia and 

 the neighboring islands off the coast of South America for 

 seals. The more enterprising of these doubtless discovered 

 many Antarctic islands that they never took the pains to 

 chart or even to report upon. 



WILLIAM SMITH, 1819 



Williams 



[The course is not indicated.] 



In 18 19, Captain William Smith, while sailing a British 

 merchantman, reported the discovery of the South Shet- 

 lands (see meridian 60 ° W.) and sailed along their coast 

 for a distance of 250 miles. 



N. B. PALMER, 1821 



Hero 



[The course is not indicated.] 



In 1821, an American sealer, Captain Palmer, sailed 

 south from the Shetlands, discovering volcanic islands which 

 have been named the Palmer Archipelago. 



Captain George Powell, a British sealer, accompanied 

 Palmer, and discovered and charted, in 1821 and 1822, the 

 South Orkney Islands (40°-50° W.). 



F. G. BELLINGSHAUSEN, 1820-1821 



Vostok and Mirny 



[The course is indicated by an orange line.] 



After the British expedition of Captain Cook, the first 

 really important expedition to the South Polar regions was 

 under the patronage of the Russian Emperor, Alexander II, 



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