File:James Weddell Expedition.jpg

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Summary

Brig Jane, & Cutter Beaufoy, in latitude 68° South, pafsing to the Southward through a chain of Ice Islands. Feb.1823.
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Drawn by A. Masson, I. Clark Sculp
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Brig Jane, & Cutter Beaufoy, in latitude 68° South, pafsing to the Southward through a chain of Ice Islands. Feb.1823.
Object type print
object_type QS:P31,Q11060274
Description
English: A cropped engraving from James Weddell´s book describing his second expedition, A Voyage Towards the South Pole,Performed in the Years 1822-24 containing An examination of the Antarctic Sea, to the Seventy-Fourth Degree of Latitude and A vist to Tierra Del Fuego, first edition, London, 1825 (public domain). Depicting the brig "Jane" and the cutter "Beaufroy", published in James Weddell´s book,

This illustration is before page 37 and is captioned:

'Brig Jane, & Cutter Beaufoy, in latitude 68° South, pafsing to the Southward through a chain of Ice Islands. Feb.y 1823.
Drawn by A. Mafson from a Sketch by Cap. Weddell.
Pub. by Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown & Green, 1825.
I. Clark sculp.
Poss. artists: Drawn by A. Masson, I. Clark Sculp
  • The caption, written in script, does use the spelling "Beaufoy" and "pafsing".
  • The original illustration has water in the foreground of the ice which is at the bottom of this image.
Source/Photographer A Voyage Towards the South Pole,Performed in the Years 1822-24 containing An examination of the Antarctic Sea, to the Seventy-Fourth Degree of Latitude and A vist to Tierra Del Fuego, first edition, London, 1825
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current17:19, 3 November 2023Thumbnail for version as of 17:19, 3 November 20232,107 × 1,252 (1,016 KB)Vuccalahigher resolution scan of artwork
13:55, 15 June 2006Thumbnail for version as of 13:55, 15 June 2006300 × 158 (12 KB)EamezagaPainting of James Weddell´s second expedition, depicting the brig "Jane" and the cutter "Beaufroy", published in James Weddell´s book, first edition, London, 1825 (public domain).

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