James Byers was an American shipowner, merchant and sealer in New York, originally from Springfield, Massachusetts. [1]
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.
Byers Peninsula on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands is named after James Byers.
James Byers was an American shipowner, merchant and sealer in New York, originally from Springfield, Massachusetts. [1]
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.
Byers Peninsula on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands is named after James Byers.