Harris Pendleton collection 1821-1832

Pendleton, Harris

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Harris Pendleton commanded the sloop Hero during the United States Sealing Voyage (from Stonington), 1821-1822 (leader Benjamin Pendleton), sailing as part of a fleet, Hero visited the South Shetland Islands. It was while on board Hero that Nathaniel Palmer had made several significant discoveries the previous year and Pendleton himself may have made exploratory voyages from a base on Deception Island. From the guide to the Harris Pendleton collection, 1821-1832, (Scott Polar Researc...

United States Sealing Voyage South Atlantic 1821-1822

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Pendleton Harris Captain

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Hero (Sloop)

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Palmer, Nathaniel Brown, 1799-1877

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Nathaniel Brown Palmer was born on 8 August 1799 in Stonington, Connecticut. He went to sea in 1813, and was first employed in the coasting trade from Maine to New York. At the age of eighteen, he was given his first command of the schooner Gleaner, and in the following year, sailed as second mate aboard the sealing brig Hersilia on the United States Sealing Voyage (from Stonington), 1819-1820 (leader James Sheffield), in a search for new sealing grounds. The expedition searched for...