Antarctica's Exploration Timeline

Antarctica Timeline from 1772 to 1775

Antarctica Timeline: 1819 and 1820

Antarctica Timeline: 1821

Antarctica Timeline from 1820 to 1890s

Antarctica Timeline: Early 1900s

Antarctica Timeline from 1912 to 1915

Antarctica Timeline: Mid 1900s

Antarctica Timeline: 1961

Antarctica Timeline: 2007-2008

1821: Captain John Davis, part of an American group of explorers, landed on the continent at Hughes Bay on the Antarctic Peninsula. Much of the early exploration was directed at finding good hunting grounds for seals.

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