Biscoe

Biscoe

Biscoe (spr. -ko), John, engl. Schiffskapitän, entdeckte, als er 1830–32 von dem Londoner Handelshaus Enderby ins Südliche Eismeer auf den Robbenfang geschickt wurde, die Adelaideinsel, Enderby- und Grahamsland u. die letzterm vorgelagerten Biscoeinseln unter 661/2° südl. Br. und 66–80° westl. L.


http://www.zeno.org/Meyers-1905. 1905–1909.

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