page_title: Thomas Abernethy (explorer)
section_title: Antarctica with James Ross, 1839–1843
hierarchical_section_title: Thomas Abernethy (explorer) / Antarctica with James Ross, 1839–1843
caption_attribution_description: English: An excellent example of Colton’s c. 1855 map of the South Pole, Antarctica, or the Southern Polar Regions. Sows the Great Southern Continent with both solid and tentatively sketched in borders. Notes the travels of important Antarctic explorers of the previous 20 years or so, including Wilkes (1840), Bellinghausen (1820), Ross (1840 - 1843), KIempt (1833), Cook (1773 - 1774 ) and Biscoe (1831). Generally gives an excellent overview of the state Antarctic exploration and discovery around 1855. Prepared by J. H. Colton as map no XIII in the 1855 or 1856 edition of Colton's Atlas of The World . Published from Colton’s 172 William Str. Office in New York.
context_page_description: Thomas Abernethy was a Scottish seafarer, gunner in the Royal Navy, and polar explorer. Because he was neither an officer nor a gentleman, he was little mentioned in the books written by the leaders of the expeditions he went on, but was praised in what was written. In 1857, he was awarded the Arctic Medal for his service as an able seaman on the 1824–25 voyage of HMS Hecla, the first of his five expeditions for which participants were eligible for the award. He was in parties that, for their time, reached the furthest north, the furthest south, and the nearest to the South Magnetic Pole. In 1831, along with James Clark Ross's team of six, Abernethy was in the first party ever to reach the North Magnetic Pole.
caption: 1855 map of Antarctica showing Ross's routes
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