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Discovery of Graham Land

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

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1832Date range
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Chronological records

1832

John Biscoe21 February 1832

Graham Land · Exploration / Exploration and Discovery

A more extensive coastline is spotted, surmising again that he had encountered a continent, Biscoe names the area "Graham Land", after First Lord of the Admiralty Sir James Graham

Names involved

John Biscoe

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