English: A cropped engraving from James Weddell´s book describing his second expedition, A Voyage Towards the South Pole,Performed in the Years 1822-24 containing An examination of the Antarctic Sea, to the Seventy-Fourth Degree of Latitude and A vist to Tierra Del Fuego, first edition, London, 1825 (public domain). Depicting the brig "Jane" and the cutter "Beaufroy", published in James Weddell´s book,
This illustration is before page 37 and is captioned:
'Brig Jane, & Cutter Beaufoy, in latitude 68° South, pafsing to the Southward through a chain of Ice Islands. Feb.y 1823.
Drawn by A. Mafson from a Sketch by Cap. Weddell.
Pub. by Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown & Green, 1825.
I. Clark sculp.
Poss. artists: Drawn by A. Masson, I. Clark Sculp
The caption, written in script, does use the spelling "Beaufoy" and "pafsing".
The original illustration has water in the foreground of the ice which is at the bottom of this image.
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A Voyage Towards the South Pole,Performed in the Years 1822-24 containing An examination of the Antarctic Sea, to the Seventy-Fourth Degree of Latitude and A vist to Tierra Del Fuego, first edition, London, 1825
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Painting of James Weddell´s second expedition, depicting the brig "Jane" and the cutter "Beaufroy", published in James Weddell´s book, first edition, London, 1825 (public domain).
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