Abraham Bristow

Abraham Bristow was a British whalers and captain. He is credited to have discovered south of New Zealand, the Aucklandinseln on 18 August 1806.

On the person and history

On the person of Abraham Bristow very little is known. Where and when was he born, is still in the dark. Also about his life before the discovery of Aucklandinseln by him enter the available sources no information.

What is certain is that he was a British citizen and was a captain in the service of Samuel Enderby. Enderby was the owner of the Samuel Enderby & Sons, a company that traded with whale oil and Seehundtran and operated the exploration of Antarctica and the South Pacific from the standpoint of economic efficiency.

Bristow discovered the Aucklandinseln on his third voyage in the southern seas. On the way back to England from Hobart Town via Cape Horn, he noted on 18 August 1806 Logbook of the Ocean:

• " Moderate and clear; west at daylight country by compass, extending itself to the northeast to the north, distance from the nearest point about 9 Leagues ( Note: 3 nautical miles = 5.6 km ) than to be the island or islands of the first explorers. should I " Lord Auckland 's" ( my friend from my father ) and call is at noon according to my observations, 50 ° 48 ' south latitude and 166 ° 42' east longitude with a difference of sun and moon, I had 10:30 clock in the morning. The country has a moderate height, and from his appearance here, I have no doubt that it will provide a good harbor on the north end, and I should lie at approximately 50 ° 21 ' south latitude, and its largest expansion lies in a northwest -. , and southeast facing this point, I would assume, is bursting with seals and sad I am that the time and the slowness of my ship does not allow me to examine it. "

A year later, in 1807, Bristow attended on behalf of the Enderby Island again, this time on the Sarah. He dropped anchor on 20 October of the year in the Bay of Port Ross, which he at that time called Sarah's Bosom. During his shore leave, he formulated on behalf of the British Crown ownership claims to the islands, named some geographically important points and had expose domestic pigs on the island. On October 26, 1809 Bristow returned to England. His documentation of geographical points of the islands was later published in the Oriental Navigator for sailors. The publication of his sketch of the islands in 1823 by the Hydrographic Office under the name of Lord Auckland 's Groupe But for about a quarter of a century the island among the members of the crew of sailors under the name Bristow 's Land were known.

A declaration according to which was signed on 5 December 1812 by David Lindsay in the Lord High Admiral of the British Office Emprires, Bristow probably had to involve the command of the warship Thames and was on his way to the British -American War of 1812. After that ran its tracks.

Named Geographic points Bristow

• Bristow Point - a cape on the west coast of Auckland Iceland, a few kilometers north of Cape Lovitt located.
• Bristow - a 527 m high surrender on the west coast of Auckland Iceland, east of Bristow Point located.