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  • 21James Weddell — (August 24, 1787 September 9, 1834) was an English navigator, sealer, and explorer of the Antarctic.Early lifeHe entered the merchant service very early in his life and was apparently bound to the master of a Newcastle collier (a coal transport… …

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  • 22Resolution of the Dreyfus Affair — Trial of Esterhazy for forgeryOn the same day as this arrest the examining magistrate Bertulus, disregarding the threats and entreaties directed at him, on his own initiative (as an official note put it) sent Major Esterhazy and his mistress,… …

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