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Carl A. Larsen. In the early 20th century South Georgia experienced a new rush of economic activity and settlement. Following a 1900 advertisement by the Falklands Government the entire island was leased to a Punta Arenas company, and a subsequent conflict of interests with the Compañía Argentina de Pesca which had started whaling at Grytviken since December 1904 was settled by the British ...
Richard William Seale's map of 1744, showing Roche Island and noting its discovery in 1675. The island of South Georgia was first sighted and visited in April 1675 by Anthony de la Roché, a London merchant and (despite his French name) an Englishman, who spent a fortnight in one of the island's bays. [4]
1675 – During a commercial voyage, English merchant Anthony de la Roché accidentally discovers South Georgia Island, the first ever discovery of land south of the Antarctic Convergence. [citation needed] 1682 – Robert de La Salle descends the "Rivière de Colbert" (Mississippi) to its mouth. [73]
Metallic vanadium is rare in nature (known as native vanadium), [52] [53] having been found among fumaroles of the Colima Volcano, but vanadium compounds occur naturally in about 65 different minerals. Vanadium began to be used in the manufacture of special steels in 1896. At that time, very few deposits of vanadium ores were known.
The South Georgia Survey was a series of expeditions to survey and map the island of South Georgia, led by Duncan Carse between 1951 and 1957. [1] Although South Georgia had been commercially exploited as a whaling station during the first half of the 20th century, its interior was generally unknown, and maps were largely based on the original ...
The island is currently a Site of Special Scientific Interest, and so there are no landings allowed without permission. The summit of the island, Roché Peak, is named after the Englishman Anthony de la Roché who discovered South Georgia in 1675. Farewell Point forms the northeast extremity of Bird Island.
Cape Disappointment) is a headland which forms the southern extremity of South Georgia It was first charted and so named in 1775 by a British expedition under James Cook , who upon reaching this position was greatly disappointed in realizing that South Georgia was an island rather than a continent.
King Edward Point (also known as KEP) is a permanent British Antarctic Survey research station on South Georgia island and is the capital of the British Overseas Territory of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands. [1] It is situated in Cumberland East Bay on the northeastern coast of the island. [2]