Antarctic Explorers Timeline: ~650-1799

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Antarctic Expeditions from 650-1799

Year	Leader	Outcomes	Notes
~650	Ui-te-Rangiora	Reported sailing to a place of terrible cold where the sea was covered with a white powder and things like great white rocks rose high into the sky.	Polynesia (canoes)
1502	--	Probable sighting of South Georgia	Portugal (T. A. Vespucci)
1578	Drake	Loose ice sighted 56 ° S of Magellan Straits	England
1599	Gherritz	Discovered South Shetlands (disputed)	Netherlands (Ship: Blijde Boodschap)
1675	de la Roche	Discovered South Georgia	England
1739	Bouvet	Discovered Cape of Circumcision, which is now called Bouvet Island	France (Ships: Aigle & Marie)
1756	Guyot	Circumnavigated South Georgia	Spain (Ship: León)
1771/72	Kerguelen- Trémarec	Discovered Kerguélen Group	France (Ships: Fortune and Gros-Venture)
1772	Marion & Crozet	Discovered Prince Edward Island and Croset Island	France, (Ships: Mascarin & Marquis de Castries)
1772/75	Cook	Circumnavigated world just above the Antarctic circle. Landed on South Georgia Island. First to cross Antarctic circle (January 17, 1773). Discovered South Sandwich Islands	English. (Ships Resolution and Adventure)
1773	Kerguelen- Trémarec	de Rochegude aboard L'Oiseau claims W. Coast of Kerguelen	France (Ships: Rolland, Oiseau & Dauphine)
1776	Cook	Visits and maps Kerguelen. Also discovers Prince Edward, Marion, and Crozet Islands.	England (Ships: Resolution & Discovery)
1790	Oyarvido	Discovers Shag Rocks	Spain (Ship: Principessa)
1799	Rhodes	Maps north and east coast of Kerguelen. Maps very accurately for the time.	England (Ship: Hillsborough)

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Information from:

70 South (2003). Antarctic Explorers. Online: http://www.70south.com/resources/history/explorers/

Cameron, I. (1974). Antarctica: The last continent. London: Cassell & Company. pp. 243-247.

Carrol, P. (2003). The South Atlantic and subantarctic islands. Online: http://www.btinternet.com/%7Esa_sa/

Kosack, H.P., (1955). Geographische Handbücher die Antarktis, Keysersche Heidelberg: Verlagbuchhandlung. pp.261-285

Seattle P-I.com (1999). History of Antarctica. Online:http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/antarctica/about/history.shtml

South Pole.com (2003). Antarctic Explorers. Online. http://www.south-pole.com

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