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New Zealand Listener, Volume 37, Issue 948, 11 October 1957, Page 14

Great Names in New Zealand History No_ 4 of a series In Queen Charlotte Sound, 1820 THADDEUS BELLINGSHAUSEN BORN 1779 DIED 1852 Captain Bellingshausen was the commander of the native life is careful and probably the best 8 well-conducted Russian voyage of 'exploration since Captain Cook s time. to the Pacific and Antarctic Oceans in 1819 His charting was So accurate that much of 1821. In 1803 at the age of 25 he sailed around it was accepted for the next hundred years or the world under the Russian Commander more. Like Captain Cook; he took the greatest Krusenstern; who had trained in the British care of his crews and lost none from sickness: Navy. Both Bellingshausen and Krusenstern A good account of his voyage was first pub- were admirers of Captain Cook; and the lished in English in 1945, whence the illustra- voyage of Bellingshausen was planned to tion above is derived: explore areas generally not covered by Cook: His voyage is notable for the first discovery of The Bank of New South Wales, which today land within the Antarctic Circle and for his provides banking facilities at over 1,000 points in charting of the Tuamotu Archipelago, in eastern New Zealand, Australia, Fiji, Papua and New and other areas till then unknown. Guinea, was the first bank in this whole vast area: Polyiosi ; interesting to New Zealanders is his It is therefore fitting that it should pay tribute to visit to Queen Charlotte Sound in May and Thaddeus Bellingshausen and to all those whose June 1820, where his relations with the Maoris names and deeds are part of the tradition of which were friendly. His account of the country and New Zealanders are justly proud. BANK OF NEW SOUTH WALES Oldest and largest trading bank operating in Australia and New Zealand HAS SERVED NEW ZEALAND FOR NINETY-SIX YEARS Nz571S LAMEs &ERX