Aurora Australis, or Southern Polar Light
The earliest account of this phenomenon was given by Don Antonio de Ulloa, as will be seen under date A.D. 1735–1746.
References.—W. L. Krafft, “Observation,” etc., in Acta Acad. Petropol. for 1778, Part I. Hist., p. 45; Phil. Trans., XLI. pp. 840, 843; XLVI. pp. 319, 345; Chr. Hansteen, “On the Polar Lights,” London, 1827.