James Byers
James Byers was an American shipowner, merchant and sealer in New York, originally from Springfield, Massachusetts.Byers sent a four-vessel sealing fleet to the South Shetland Islands in 1820-21. He also lobbied US Secretary of State John Quincy Adams and President James Monroe to send a warship and take possession of the islands, suggesting that the American sealers were prepared to establish a permanent settlement there. Provided by Wikipedia
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1by Safra Altman, John Robinson, James Pringle, James Byers, John WaresGet access
Published in Diversity (2013)
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