[1] The land was named for John R. Bradley, who had sponsored Cook's expedition.

Cook published two photographs of the land and described it thus: "The lower coast resembled Heiberg Island, with mountains and high valleys.

The upper coast I estimated as being about one thousand feet high, flat, and covered with a thin sheet ice.

"[2] It is now known there is no land at that location and Cook's observations were based on either a misidentification of sea ice or an outright fabrication.

Cook's Inuit companions reported that the photographs were actually taken near the coast of Axel Heiberg Island.