Subantarctic Islands and polish traces

• Authors: Stanisław Rakuza-Suszczewski
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Iwan Zawadowski originated from a Polish family. In the Bellingshausen expedition in 1820 he was a captain of a Russian ship "Wostok". One of the South Sandvich Islands shall be Zawadowski not Zavodovski Island. Two Polish men: Józef Kościuszko and later Adam Mierosławski lived on the St. Paul island for some time in XIX century, supposedly running a fishing enterprise.

Keywords

EN

Subantarctic Island; Poles; XIX century

• Publisher: Biuro Upowszechniania i Promocji Nauki PAN
• Journal: Nauka
• Year: 2007
• Issue: 4

Dates

published

2007

online

2015-08-11

Contributors

author

Stanisław Rakuza-Suszczewski