Edward Bransfield is noted for his participation in several explorations of parts of Antarctica, including a sighting of the Trinity Peninsula in January 1820.
13 Facts About Edward Bransfield
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Edward Bransfield was born in Ballinacurra, County Cork, Ireland, in about 1785.
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Between the years 1814 and 1816, Edward Bransfield served briefly as master on many fifth-rate ships.
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Edward Bransfield chartered William and appointed Bransfield, two midshipmen, and the surgeon from the ship HMS Slaney to survey the newly discovered islands.
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Edward Bransfield landed on King George Island and took formal possession on behalf of King George III.
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Edward Bransfield then proceeded in a southwesterly direction past Deception Island, not investigating or charting it.
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Edward Bransfield made a note in his log of two "high mountains, covered with snow", one of which was named Mount Edward Bransfield by Jules Dumont d'Urville in his honour.
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Edward Bransfield did not sail around Elephant Island and did not name it, although he charted Clarence Island completely.
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When Edward Bransfield returned to Valparaiso, he gave his charts and journal to Captain Shirreff, who delivered them to the Admiralty.
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The original charts are still in the possession of the hydrographic department in Taunton, Somerset, but Edward Bransfield's journal has been lost.
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Edward Bransfield died on 31 October 1852 at the age of 66 or 67, and was buried in the Brighton Extra-Mural Cemetery in southern England.
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Edward Bransfield's wife survived him and was buried in the same grave after her death in 1863.
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In 1999, Edward Bransfield's grave, discovered in a deteriorated state in a Brighton churchyard, was renovated by Sheila Bransfield.