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Southern Cross Expedition

Australia · Exploration / Exploration and Discovery. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

2Records
1900–1901Date range
1Named people
0Places

Chronological records

1900

Louis Bernacchi1900

Exploration / Exploration and Discovery

Among the scientists was the Tasmanian Louis Bernacchi, who had studied magnetism and meteorology at the Melbourne Observatory

1901

Louis Bernacchi1901

Exploration / Exploration and Discovery

Bernacchi publishes his chronicle of the Southern Cross Expedition, which was published in 1901,[24] was critical of aspects of Borchgrevinks leadership, but defended the expeditions scientific achievements

Names involved

Louis Bernacchi

Provenance

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