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Antarctica's Exploration Timeline

Antarctica discovery 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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