<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Empire" id="mwUg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="British Empire">British</a> explorer <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Smith_(mariner)" id="mwUw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="William Smith (mariner)">William Smith</a> discovers the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Shetland_Islands" id="mwVA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="South Shetland Islands">South Shetland Islands</a> and claims them in the name of <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_III_of_the_United_Kingdom" id="mwVQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="George III of the United Kingdom">King George III</a>.