French whaling captain Guesdon claiming discovery if islands according to the New Zealand newspaper Daily Southern Cross dated 26 August 1851

The New Pictorial and Illustrated Family Magazine established for the diffusion of useful knowledge, 

vol. III. Robert Sears editor, New York 1846.

An item referred to a statement of captain Guesdon of the French whaler which just arrived at Le Havre, France who said that he discovered an yet unknown cluster of islands on the geographical position 172.56 longitude West and 9.38 latitude South on the same day he discovered Ile Clarence.