William Goddard collection 1819

British Mercantile Voyage Buenos Aries to Valparaiso 1819

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Goddard William Henry

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William Henry Goddard

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The South Shetland Islands comprise of 11 large and several smaller islands. Volcanic activity on Deception Island has been reported throughout the nineteenth century and into the twentieth. William Smith first sighted Livingston Island, part of the western group on 19 February 1919 during a British Mercantile voyage between Buenos Aries and Valparaiso. Both sealing and whaling was carried out amongst the islands and Shackleton's crew found refuge on Elephant Island during the Imper...

British Mercantile Voyage 1819

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Great Britain Admiralty Hydrographic Department

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The Hydrographic Office of the Admiralty was established in 1795 following the creation of the post of Hydrographer to the Board of the Admiralty by an Order in Council. Although the Order contained no instructions regarding the prosecution of surveys, it was intended that the Hydrographer would supply charts to the Royal Navy either by purchase from external publishers or by constructing them from the survey material already available in the Admiralty. The enormous task of organizi...

Bransfield Edward 1783-1852

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