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1st Antarctic Circle Crossing

Name: 1st Antarctic Circle Crossing – Great Britain factsheet records
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Great Britain · Exploration / Exploration and Discovery. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1773Date range

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Chronological records

1773

James Cook12 January 1773

Antarctic Circle · Exploration / Exploration and Discovery

1st person to cross the Antarctic circle

Names involved

James Cook

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