Samuel Elliot collection 1838-1842

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Samuel Elliot collection 1838-1842

http://archiveshub.ac.uk/data/gb15-samuelelliot

Expedition material

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Scott Polar Research Institute

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SNAC Resource ID: 6285814

Scott Polar Research Institute

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United States Exploring Expedition Antarctic regions 1838-1842

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Vincennes (Sloop of war)

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Elliot Samuel B

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Porpoise (Brig)

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Samuel B Elliot

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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 contin...