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James Weddell

1787 - 1834

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James Weddell (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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. James Weddell is the 198th most popular explorer, the 290th most popular biography from Belgium (up from 307th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Belgian Explorer.

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, James Weddell ranks 198 out of 498. Before him are Johann Anton Güldenstädt, Gaspar Corte-Real, Simon Fraser, Alexander Andreyevich Baranov, Rodrigo de Bastidas, and Nikolai Rezanov. After him are Don Walsh, Francisco de Montejo, Jean-Baptiste Charcot, Pedro Arias Dávila, Yves-Joseph de Kerguelen-Trémarec, and Francis Garnier.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1787, James Weddell ranks 19. Before him are Edmund Kean, Otto von Kotzebue, Alexander Sergeyevich Menshikov, Nils Gabriel Sefström, Ludwig Uhland, and Christian Ludwig Brehm. After him are Eléonore Denuelle de La Plaigne, Johann Nicolaus von Dreyse, Delphine LaLaurie, Friedrich Krupp, François Sudre, and Muhammad ibn Ali as-Senussi. Among people deceased in 1834, James Weddell ranks 23. Before him are Éleuthère Irénée du Pont, William Wirt, William Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville, Karl Wilhelm Feuerbach, Aleksey Arakcheyev, and Frederick, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg. After him are David Douglas, Ludwig Adolf Wilhelm von Lützow, Robert Morrison, Louis Philippe, Crown Prince of Belgium, Elisa Radziwiłł, and Giovanni Aldini.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, James Weddell ranks 290 out of 1,190. Before him are Princess Amélie Louise of Arenberg (1789), John Berchmans (1599), Sebastiaen Vrancx (1573), Patrick Sercu (1944), Bart De Wever (1970), and Max Verstappen (1997). After him are Frans Pourbus the Younger (1569), Violetta Villas (1938), Rimbert (830), Ovide Decroly (1871), Guido Gezelle (1830), and Johannes Ciconia (1370).

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Among EXPLORERS In Belgium

Among explorers born in Belgium, James Weddell ranks 2. Before him are Adrien de Gerlache (1866). After him are Louis Hennepin (1626).

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