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Edward Bransfield 1783-1852
Posted by: suzanne whyte	Date: January 10, 2000 at 05:06:35
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Edward Bransfield 1783-1852

Edward Bransfield Born in Cork in 1783. Bransfield was the first European to sight Antarctica. As a merchant seaman, he was pressed into the British Navy and took part in the blockade of Brest (1813-14) during the Napoleonic Wars. By 1815 he had risen to be a master, the highest rank available to him. From 1829 to 1821 he explored and charted the South Shetland Islands (as named by him). In 1819 he discovered Trinity Land, the north-western tip of the Antarctic peninsula. Bransfield Island, Bransfield Straight, Bransfield Rocks and Mount Bransfield are named after him.
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