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Frederick Hasselborough
Frederick Hasselborough polar explorer (? - 4 November 1810), whose surname is also spelled Hasselburgh and Hasselburg, was an Australian sealer from Sydney who discovered Campbell ...
Frederick Hasselborough polar explorer (? - 4 November 1810), whose surname is also spelled Hasselburgh and Hasselburg, was an Australian sealer from Sydney who discovered Campbell ...
George Powell (mariner)
George Powell was a British seal hunter, explorer and amateur naturalist.
George Powell was a British seal hunter, explorer and amateur naturalist.
James Byers
James Byers was a New York shipowner, merchant and sealer, who sent a four-vessel sealing fleet to the South Shetland Islands in 1820-21.
James Byers was a New York shipowner, merchant and sealer, who sent a four-vessel sealing fleet to the South Shetland Islands in 1820-21.
James Caddell
James Caddell was a New Zealand Pākehā Māori, sealer and interpreter.
James Caddell was a New Zealand Pākehā Māori, sealer and interpreter.
James Weddell
James Weddell was a British sailor, navigator and seal hunter who in the early Spring of 1823 sailed to latitude of 74°15' S and into a region of the Southern Ocean that would later become known...
James Weddell was a British sailor, navigator and seal hunter who in the early Spring of 1823 sailed to latitude of 74°15' S and into a region of the Southern Ocean that would later become known...
John Boultbee
John Boultbee (3 September 1799 – 1854) was born at Bunny, Nottinghamshire, England.
John Boultbee (3 September 1799 – 1854) was born at Bunny, Nottinghamshire, England.
John Davis (sealer)
Captain John Davis (born in 1784 in Surrey, England) was a seal hunter from Connecticut, USA who claimed to have set foot on Antarctica on February 7, 1821 shortly after the first sightings of t...
Captain John Davis (born in 1784 in Surrey, England) was a seal hunter from Connecticut, USA who claimed to have set foot on Antarctica on February 7, 1821 shortly after the first sightings of t...
John Rodolphus Kent
John Rodolphus Kent was a New Zealand naval officer and trader.
John Rodolphus Kent was a New Zealand naval officer and trader.
Jonas Poole
Jonas Poole (bap. 1566 – 1612) was an early 17th century English explorer, sealer, and whaler.
Jonas Poole (bap. 1566 – 1612) was an early 17th century English explorer, sealer, and whaler.
Nathaniel Palmer
Nathaniel Brown Palmer was an American seal hunter, explorer, sailing captain, and ship designer.
Nathaniel Brown Palmer was an American seal hunter, explorer, sailing captain, and ship designer.
Simeon Lord
Simeon Lord (c. 28 January 1771 – 29 January 1840) was a pioneer merchant and a magistrate in Australia.
Simeon Lord (c. 28 January 1771 – 29 January 1840) was a pioneer merchant and a magistrate in Australia.
Thomas Edge
Thomas Edge (1587/88 – 29 December 1624) was an English merchant, whaler, and sealer who worked for the Muscovy Company in the first quarter of the 17th century.
Thomas Edge (1587/88 – 29 December 1624) was an English merchant, whaler, and sealer who worked for the Muscovy Company in the first quarter of the 17th century.
Thomas Marmaduke
Thomas Marmaduke was an English explorer, sealer, and whaler in the early 17th century.
Thomas Marmaduke was an English explorer, sealer, and whaler in the early 17th century.
William Smith (mariner)
William Smith (born c. 1775 in Blyth, Northumberland) was the English captain who discovered the South Shetland Islands, an archipelago off the Graham Land in Antarctica.
William Smith (born c. 1775 in Blyth, Northumberland) was the English captain who discovered the South Shetland Islands, an archipelago off the Graham Land in Antarctica.
William Tucker (settler)
William Tucker (c. 16 May 1784 – December 1817) was a British convict, a sealer, a trader in human heads, an Otago settler, and New Zealand’s first art dealer.
William Tucker (c. 16 May 1784 – December 1817) was a British convict, a sealer, a trader in human heads, an Otago settler, and New Zealand’s first art dealer.