Sinclair, George T.
Variant namesGeorge T Sinclair served on the United States Exploring Expedition, 1838-1842 (Senior commander Charles Wilkes). He was in temporary charge of the schooner Flying Fish in 1841 serving also onboard the store ship Relief and the brig Porpoise . 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.
As a native of the southern state of Virginia he served with the Confederacy during the American Civil War.
From the guide to the George Sinclair collection, 1838-1842, (Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge)
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referencedIn | J. M. Mason Papers, 1838-1870, (bulk 1862-1865) | Library of Congress. Manuscript Division | |
referencedIn | George Sinclair collection, 1838-1842 | Scott Polar Research Institute | |
referencedIn | Mikell, Jane, 1840-1910. Jane Mikell papers, 1873-1882. | University of South Carolina, System Library Service, University Libraries | |
referencedIn | United States Exploring Expedition, 1838-1842 | Scott Polar Research Institute | |
creatorOf | George Sinclair collection, 1838-1842 | Scott Polar Research Institute |
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associatedWith | Flying Fish (Schooner) | corporateBody |
correspondedWith | Mason, J. M. (James Murray), 1798-1871. | person |
correspondedWith | Mikell, Jane, 1840-1910. | person |
associatedWith | Porpoise (Brig) | corporateBody |
associatedWith | Relief (Store ship) | corporateBody |
associatedWith | Sinclair George T | person |
associatedWith | United States Exploring Expedition Antarctic regions 1838-1842 | corporateBody |
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Antarctica Discovery and exploration |
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