Micajah Claiborne collection 1838-1842

United States Exploring Expedition Antarctic regions 1838-1842

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Porpoise (Brig)

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Micajah G. L. Claiborne

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Micajah G.L. Claiborne served on the United States Exploring Expedition, 1838-1842 (Senior commander Charles Wilkes), as first lieutenant on board the brig Porpoise from February 1839 to March 1839. Part of a fleet of six vessels, the expedition was commissioned on a world voyage of hydrography and exploration that included forays into the Southern Ocean. Porpoise, accompanied by the schooner Sea Gull, went south and east to the South Shetland Islands and Antarctic Peninsula. During April 1839, ...

Relief (Store ship)

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Claiborne Micajah

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