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Bellingshausen

[ bel-ingz-hou-zuhn ]

noun

  1. Fa·bi·an Gott·lieb von [fey, -bee-, uh, n-, got, -leeb von], Faddey Faddeyevich Bellingshauzen, 1778–1852, Russian naval officer and explorer.


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We were the first discoverers of these Islands, and gave them the name of our meritorious navigator, Bellingshausen.

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