Nathaniel Palmer

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Nathaniel Palmer was a 19th-century American seal hunter and explorer often credited as one of the first people to sight the Antarctic Peninsula.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf explorer
human
sea captain
seal hunter
activeIn 19th-century maritime trade
Antarctic Peninsula region
Southern Ocean
associatedWith Stonington, Connecticut sealing fleet
birthDate 1799-08-08
burialPlace Stonington, Connecticut NERFINISHED
commandedVessel Hero
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
deathDate 1877-06-21
era 19th century
familyName Palmer
fieldOfWork navigation
polar exploration
sealing
gender male
givenName Nathaniel
hasHonorificEponym Palmer Archipelago
Palmer Land
Palmer Station
RV Nathaniel B. Palmer
hasParticularSignificanceIn history of American sealing industry
history of Antarctic exploration
knownFor Antarctic exploration voyages in the 1820s
being among the first to sight the Antarctic Peninsula
early exploration of Antarctica
language English
maritimeActivity sealing voyages in the Southern Ocean
name Nathaniel Brown Palmer
nationality American
notableWork voyages to the Antarctic region in the sloop Hero
occupation explorer
mariner
seal hunter
ship captain
placeOfBirth Stonington, Connecticut NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath San Francisco, California

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Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Palmer Land ("Nathaniel B. Palmer")
Palmer Station ("Nathaniel B. Palmer")
namedAfter
South Orkney Islands
discoveredBy
Nathaniel Palmer ("Nathaniel Brown Palmer")
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