Early Antarctic Explorers

This section includes:

  • First speculations
  • The Age of Exploration
  • Ferdinand Magellan
  • Sir Francis Drake
  • James Cook (1768-1771)
  • James Cook (1772-75)
  • James Cook The Final Voyage
  • Thaddeus von Bellingshausen (1819-21)
  • Who first saw Antarctica?
  • Who first set foot on Antarctica?
  • James Weddell (1822-24)
  • Sealers and whalers
  • Biscoe and the Enderby Brothers
  • Jules Sébastien César Dumont d’Urville (1837-40)
  • Charles Wilkes (1838-42)
  • James Clark Ross (1839-43)
  • The Challenger Expedition (1872-76)
  • Adrien de Gerlache (1897-1899)
  • Henryk Johan Bull (1894-95)
  • Carsten Borchgrevink (1898-1900)

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