James Weddell
(1787-1834)
British Antarctic explorer
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James Weddell FRSE (24 August 1787 – 9 September 1834) was a British sailor, navigator and seal hunter who in February of 1823 sailed to latitude of 74° 15′ S—a record 7.69 degrees or 532 statute miles south of the Antarctic Circle—and into a region of the Southern Ocean that later became known as the Weddell Sea.
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24 August 1787
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9 September 1834 (aged 47)
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| Zodiac | Virgo |
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