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Discovery of Enderby Land

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

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1831Date range
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1831

John Biscoe24 February 1831

Enderby Land · Exploration / Exploration and Discovery

The expedition sights bare mountain tops through the ocean ice and Biscoe correctly surmises that they are part of a continent and names the area Enderby Land in honour of his patrons

Names involved

John Biscoe

Provenance

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