Egbert Thompson collection 1841-1842

Thompson, Egbert

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Egbert Thompson served on the United States Exploring Expedition, 1838-1842 (Senior commander Charles Wilkes), as midshipman on board Vincennes , Flying Fish and Peacock . 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. The p...

Vincennes (Sloop of war)

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United States Exploring Expedition Antarctic regions 1838-1842

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