Samuel B Elliot

Samuel B Elliot took part in the United States Exploring Expedition, 1838-1842 (Senior commander Charles Wilkes). He served onboard the sloop of war Vincennes and Porpoise as a midshipman. With a fleet of six vessels, the expedition was commissioned on a world voyage of hydrography and exploration that included forays into the Southern Ocean. The expedition was the first to delineate a substantial length of Antarctic coastline, enough to establish that immediately behind lay a landmass of continental size. On his return from the expedition Elliot continued to serve in the Navy attaining the rank of passed midshipman in 1846 and resigning in 1852.