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Re: Transcript Of Worsleys Navigational Log Book
From: David C
Date: 2017 Feb 8, 22:02 -0800
From: David C
Date: 2017 Feb 8, 22:02 -0800
See
https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/gaz/display_name.cfm?gaz_id=107745
which includes the following:
"Cape Belsham, referring to E point of Elephant Island (Cape Valentine, q.v.) (Wilkes, 1845, Vol. 1, p.139). "
Therefore is Cape Belsham identical to Cape Valentine?
The next phrase reads "The cape was roughly charted by DI in 1925-27". In other words the next surveys were *after* Shackleton's expedition.
Were Shackleton/Worsley familiar with Wilke's report? Did Worsley believe Cape Belsham to be the eastern point of Elephant Island? When was cape Valentine names and its position determined.
We need to locate Powell's 1824 map (-;
