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Gerardus Mercator's 1595 map of the Arctic. This list of Arctic expeditions is a timeline of historic Arctic exploration and explorers of the Arctic. 15th century
List of Arctic expeditions; 0–9. 1773 Phipps expedition towards the North Pole; 1921 Oxford University Spitsbergen expedition; 1932–33 East Greenland expedition; A.
British expedition to become the first to reach the geographical South Pole. Rusanov expedition: Vladimir Rusanov: 1913 Kara Sea (Arctic) Russian naval expedition to the Arctic to find the Northern Sea Route. Fawcett expedition: Percy Fawcett: 1925 Dead Horse Camp (Brazil) British archaeological expedition to the Amazon to locate the "Lost City ...
Arctic expeditions (6 C, 69 P) Explorers of the Arctic (5 C, 208 P) S. Exploration of Siberia (3 C, 3 P) Pages in category "Exploration of the Arctic"
A proposed route for the de Soto Expedition, based on Charles M. Hudson map of 1997. [1] This is a list of sites and peoples visited by the Hernando de Soto Expedition in the years 1539–1543. In May 1539, de Soto left Havana, Cuba, with nine ships, over 620 men and 220 surviving horses and landed at Charlotte Harbor, Florida. This began his ...
List of Antarctic expeditions; List of Arctic expeditions; C. List of circumnavigations; D. List of Dutch explorations; E. European and American voyages of scientific ...
The 10 °C (50 °F) mean isotherm in July line (in red) commonly defines the border of the Arctic region. Arctic exploration is the physical exploration of the Arctic region of the Earth. It refers to the historical period during which mankind has explored the region north of the Arctic Circle.
Donald Baxter MacMillan (November 10, 1874 – September 7, 1970) was an American explorer, sailor, researcher and lecturer who made over 30 expeditions to the Arctic during his 46-year career.