

AMERICAN MUSEUM GUIDE LEAEIETS 



from the merchant firm of Messrs. Enderby, who had entered 

 the South Polar regions by way of the Sandwich group. 



The course of Biscoe will be found entering the present 

 map near the meridian of Greenwich; thence passing to the 

 south, across the course taken by Bellingshausen, eleven 

 years earlier, to the point on the 40th meridian east reached 

 by Cook and Bellingshausen, thence along the Antarctic 

 Circle to Enderby Land. 



Severe sickness and other trials now compelled Biscoe 

 to turn north, and he left the area of this map near 

 the 80th meridian. He wintered in Tasmania. With the 

 return of warm weather, he sailed from Tasmania east, 

 crossed the 60th parallel near 140 W., followed near the 

 course of Bellingshausen, crossed the Antarctic Circle near 

 the meridian of 80 ° W. and entered Bellingshausen Sea, 

 where he discovered land, now known as the Biscoe 

 Islands. 



Biscoe, unacquainted with the earlier work of the Rus- 

 sians, supposed that he had discovered land lying farther to 

 the south than that found by any other explorer. He 

 landed on the Palmer Archipelago and described new land 

 which, in honor of Lord Graham, he called "Graham Land." 

 He then returned home. 



DUMONT D'URVILLE, 1837-1840 



Astrolabe and Zelcc 



[The course is indicated by a green line.| 



In September, 1837, the French sent Commander 

 d'Urville, in charge of two warships, to explore in the 

 south. He attempted to enter Weddell Sea, but ice pre- 

 vented. He then sailed to the westward and early in 1838 

 explored the land to the south of the South Shetlands, 

 dedicating it to his sovereign, Louis Philippe. He then 



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