Permanent historical factsheet

Discovery of South Georgia

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

1Records
1775Date range
1Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1775

James Cook1775

South Georgia · Exploration / Exploration and Discovery

Sights South Georgia and sails around it, mistakenly thinking it may be connected to Antarctica; names Cape Disappointment at the southern end of the island

Names involved

James Cook

Provenance

This factsheet is generated from stored World History Database records matching the country, broad category, detailed category and exact Event value shown above. Duplicate display records are collapsed; database wording is otherwise preserved. Source provenance varies by record, so formal academic citation should be checked against the relevant primary source, archive or specialist historical reference.