J. N. Reynolds

J. N. Reynolds[a] (fall 1799 – August 25, 1858), was an American newspaper editor, lecturer, explorer and writer who became an influential advocate for scientific expeditions.

When Symmes died, Reynolds continued his lectures, which were given to full houses in eastern U.S. cities (with a charge of 50 cents for admission).

[3] Gaining the support of members of President John Quincy Adams' cabinet, and speaking before Congress, Reynolds succeeded in fitting out a national expedition to the South Pole.

Encountering much danger, the expedition reached the Antarctic shore and returned north, but at Valparaíso, Chile, the crew mutinied.

In the January 1837 issue of the Southern Literary Messenger, Edgar Allan Poe reviewed Reynolds' "Address, on the Subject of a Surveying and Exploring Expedition to the Pacific Ocean and South Seas (New York, 1836) first given to the House of Representatives on April 2, 1836".

Reynolds was mentioned in numerous documents related to the federal government's decisions to fund exploratory missions: "On the Expediency of Fitting Out Vessels of the Navy for an Exploration of the Pacific Ocean and South Seas" (Washington: Gale's & Seaton, 1860): From the same volume of the same title, but published in 1861: Other, similar published collections of federal documents: (Washington: Gale's & Seaton, 1860)

Mocha Dick, The White Whale of the Pacific , by Jeremiah N. Reynolds, 1932 cover, Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. Illustrations by Lowell LeRoy Balcom.
Edgar Allan Poe was influenced by "Address on the Subject of a Surveying and Exploring Expedition to the Pacific Ocean and the South Seas" (1836).
The Southern Literary Messenger , February, 1837, containing the second installment of The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym .