ANTARC TIC EX PL OR A TION 



reached by Cook, thus breaking a record that had stood 

 nearly fifty years. 



ANTARCTIC REGIONS 



Routes followed by James Weddell, 1823; John Biscoe, 1830-1832 



JOHN BISCOE, 1830-1832 



T?t/a and Lively 



[The course is indicated by a blue line.] 



Enderby Land, lying at the intersection of the meridian 

 of 50 E. and the Antarctic Circle, was discovered in 1831 

 by Biscoe, a British sealer exploring under a commission 



1 1 



