John Biscoe Biography

Birth of John Briscoe

Samuel Enderby & Sons appoint Biscoe master of the brig Tula and leader of an expedition to seek new sealing grounds in the Southern Ocean, accompanied by the cutter Lively

Sights bare mountain tops through the ocean ice and correctly surmises that they are part of a continent, naming the area Enderby Land in honour of his patrons

The expedition sights bare mountain tops through the ocean ice and Biscoe correctly surmises that they are part of a continent and names the area Enderby Land in honour of his patrons

Spots a headland which he names Cape Ann; the mountain atop the headland is later named Mount Biscoe

A headland is spotted, which Biscoe names Cape Ann; the mountain atop the headland would later be named Mount Biscoe

A headland is spotted, which Biscoe names Cape Ann; the mountain atop the headland would later be named Mount Biscoe

Charts new Antarctic coastline and by the end of April becomes one of the earliest navigators to circumnavigate Antarctic waters after Cook and Bellingshausen

Discovers the Adelaide Island

Lands on Anvers Island and reports a more extensive coastline, naming the region Graham Land after Sir James Graham, First Lord of the Admiralty

Biscoe lands on Anvers Island and claims to have sighted the mainland of the Antarctic continent

A more extensive coastline is spotted, surmising again that he had encountered a continent, Biscoe names the area "Graham Land", after First Lord of the Admiralty Sir James Graham

Death of John Briscoe