Editing Nathaniel Palmer (section)

{{Short description|American naval explorer and seal hunter (1799–1877)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name        = Nathaniel Brown Palmer
| image       = Nathaniel Palmer.jpg
| alt         = 
| caption     = 
| birth_date  = {{Birth date|1799|08|08}}<!-- {{Birth date|YYYY|MM|DD}} -->
| birth_place = [[Stonington, Connecticut]], U.S.
| death_date  = {{Death date and age|1877|06|21|1799|08|08}}<!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} (death date then birth date) -->
| death_place = 
| monuments   = [[Capt. Nathaniel B. Palmer House]], [[Palmer Station]], [[Palmer Land]], [[Palmer Archipelago]], [[N.B. Palmer (clipper)]], [[Nathaniel B. Palmer (icebreaker)]]
| other_names = "Captain Nat"
| known_for   = 22-year-old "Captain Nat" and his men were the first Americans to discover the [[Antarctic Peninsula]]. Later, he was active in the design of the first [[clipper ships]].
| occupation  = [[Seal hunting|Sealing captain]], explorer, sailing captain, and ship designer
}}

'''Nathaniel Brown Palmer''' (August 8, 1799 – June 21, 1877) was an American [[Seal hunting|seal hunter]], explorer, sailing captain, ship designer, and a whale hunter. He gave his name to [[Palmer Land]], [[Antarctica]], which he explored in 1820 on his [[Hero (sloop)|sloop ''Hero'']]. He was born in [[Stonington, Connecticut]], and was a descendant of [[Walter Palmer (Puritan)|Walter Palmer]], one of the town's founders.<ref name="howgego">
{{cite book
 | last = Howgego
 | first = Raymond
 | author-link = Raymond John Howgego
 | title = Encyclopedia of Exploration (Part 2: 1800 to 1850)
 | url = http://www.antarctic-circle.org/encyclopediaentries.htm
 | year = 2004
 | publisher = Potts Point, NSW, Australia: Hordern House
 }}</ref>