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DescriptionJames-Weddell.png
English: The British Antarctic explorer James Weddell (1787-1834)
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Scan by User:Apcbg from a reproduction of the portrait in the book: A. Gurney. Below the Convergence: Voyages Toward Antarctica, 1699–1839. New York: Penguin Books, 1998. p. 189
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P. G. Dodd (British artist, active 1825-1836)
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