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  2. Major explorations after the Age of Discovery - Wikipedia

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    On 17 January 1773 the Antarctic Circle was crossed for the first time in history and the two ships reached , where their course was stopped by [ 22 ] The first land south of the parallel 60° south latitude was discovered by the Englishman William Smith , who sighted Livingston Island on 19 February 1819.

  3. Exploration - Wikipedia

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    Exploration is the process of exploring, an activity which has some expectation of discovery.Organised exploration is largely a human activity, but exploratory activity is common to most organisms capable of directed locomotion and the ability to learn, and has been described in, amongst others, social insects foraging behaviour, where feedback from returning individuals affects the activity ...

  4. History of exploration - Wikipedia

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    Pages for logged out editors learn more. Contributions; Talk; History of exploration

  5. List of explorations - Wikipedia

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    Exploration When Who () Northwest African coast (West Africa) : about 500 BC Hanno the Navigator: The Mediterranean Sea: 5th century BC Himilco the Navigator: Around western Europe to Thule Island

  6. History of YouTube - Wikipedia

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    YouTube would give free access to its users, the more users, the more profit it can potentially make because it can in principle increase advertisement rates and will gain further interest of advertisers. [339] YouTube would sell its audience that it gains by free access to its advertising customers. [339]: 181

  7. Timeline of space exploration - Wikipedia

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    Publication of Exploration of the Universe with Rocket-Propelled Vehicles [1] that showed physical space exploration was theoretically possible, including the Tsiolkovsky rocket equation, multi staged rockets and using liquid oxygen and liquid hydrogen in liquid propellant Russia Konstantin Tsiolkovsky [2] 1914

  8. Age of Discovery - Wikipedia

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    The Age of Discovery (c. 1418 – c. 1620), [1] also known as the Age of Exploration, was part of the early modern period and largely overlapped with the Age of Sail. It was a period from approximately the late 15th century to the 17th century, during which seafarers from a number of European countries explored, colonized, and conquered regions ...

  9. Geographical exploration - Wikipedia

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    Two major eras of exploration occurred in human history: one of convergence, and one of divergence. [clarification needed] The first, covering most of Homo sapiens history, saw humans moving out of Africa, settling in new lands, and developing distinct cultures in relative isolation. [2]