People

What places did Nathaniel Brown Palmer discover?

Link to this answer

CloseClose

Link to this answer

Share this credible answer with others. Simply paste this code into your blog or Web page:

<a href="http://qanda.encyclopedia.com/question/places-did-nathaniel-brown-palmer-discover-148673.html" >What places did Nathaniel Brown Palmer discover?</a>
E-mail this answer Link to this answer

While on a whaling voyage (1820-21) in the South Shetlands, he commanded the Hero on an exploring trip to the south and came back with a report that he had sighted land. Hence the name Palmer Land for the peninsula later named Graham Land by the British and known as Palmer Peninsula, Graham Land, or Graham Coast. On this expedition Palmer also discovered the South Orkney Islands.

Answer verified with
Get more facts and information about Palmer, Nathaniel Brown . Or, view the full encyclopedia entry from The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition.

Similar questions: What did Nathaniel Brown Palmer find during the same voyage in which he discovered the peninsula Palmer Land? Which places did Nathaniel Brown Palmer discover when he explored in the south? [ Hide these questions ]

Related research questions

Related research articles

See all results at HighBeam

HighBeam gives you access to newspaper, magazine, and trade journal articles plus press releases, facts, information, and biographies from thousands of sources.