James Weddell

(1787-1834)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Weddell, James, 1787-1834 NRA: Weddell James (1787-1834) Antarctic Explorer DNB: Weddell, James (1787-1834), navigator LBT ID: JaWedde1834 VIAF ID: 24951971 LOC ID: n86841443	B/BAP: 1787-08-24 DIED: 1834-09-09
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English navigator who published A Voyage towards the South Pole (1825); the Weddell Sea is named for him.
CORRESPONDENCE OF James Weddell: James Weddell to William Jerdan, [September 1825] in The Autobiography of William Jerdan. 4 vols (London: Arthur Hall, Vertue & Co., 1852-53)