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James Weddell FRSE (24 August 1787 – 9 September 1834) was a British sailor, navigator and seal hunter who in February 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.
A More Perfect Union: America Becomes a Nation is a 1989 American feature film dramatizing the events of the 1787 Constitutional Convention.The film was produced by Brigham Young University to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the drafting of the United States Constitution, and many professors from BYU's School of Fine Arts and Communications were involved in its production either as actors ...
Pages in category "Films set in 1787" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B. Botany Bay (film)
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August 24 – James Weddell (died 1834), Flemish-born Anglo-Scots seal hunter and Antarctic explorer. September 5 – François Sulpice Beudant (died 1850), French mineralogist et geologist. September 15 – Guillaume-Henri Dufour (died 1875), Swiss engineer et topographer. November 5 – John Richardson (died 1865), Scottish naturalist ...
The Weddell Islands are a group of small islands and rocks lying 1.9 km (1.2 mi) south of Saddle Island and 9 km (5.6 mi) lying north of the western end of Laurie Island, in the South Orkney Islands of Antarctica. They were probably first seen during a joint cruise by Captains Nathaniel B. Palmer and George Powell in December 1821.
The sea is named after the Scottish sailor James Weddell (1787-1834), who entered the sea in 1823 and originally named it after King George IV; it was renamed in Weddell's honour in 1900. [5] Also in 1823, the American sealing captain Benjamin Morrell claimed to have seen land some 10–12° east of the sea's actual eastern boundary.
February 4 – Pompeo Batoni, Italian painter (born 1708); March 17 – Anton August Beck, German engraver (born 1713); June 23 – Pierre L'Enfant, French painter (born 1704); July 25 – Arthur Devis – English portrait painter, particularly known for his conversation pieces and other such small portraits (born 1712)