Biographical entry Bellingshausen, Faddei Faddeevich (Fabian) (1778 - 1852)

Summary

Faddei Faddeevich (Fabian) Bellingshausen explored the Antarctic 1820-21, discovering Peter I Island and Alexander I Land, and exploring and mapping Macquarie Island. His charts of the Antarctic were so accurate that the British Admiralty used them until 1931.

Details

Born Oesel, Gulf of Riga, 1778. Died Neva, 1852. Took part in the first Russian circumnavigation of the globe 1803-06; commanded the first Russian expedition to the Antarctic, with instructions to go as near to the South Pole as possible, 1819-21; Turkish campaign of 1828-29; military governor of Kronstadt from 1839.

Published resources

Book Sections

• Hotimsky, C. M., 'Bellingshausen, Faddei (Fabian) Faddeevich (1778-1852)', in Douglas Pike (ed.), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 1, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1966, pp. 83-84. Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A010081b.htm. Details

Journal Articles

• Iredale, T., 'Bellinghausen in Australia', Proceedings of the Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales, 1953, pp. 34-36. Details

Online Resources

• National Library of Australia, 'Bellingshausen, Faddei Faddeevich', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1110178. Details