Nathaniel Brown Palmer18 November 1820
Sights Antarctic land near the peninsula from the sloop Hero, becoming one of the first Americans to report the continent
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Sights Antarctic land near the peninsula from the sloop Hero, becoming one of the first Americans to report the continent
Charts a long stretch of Antarctic coastline later associated with Wilkes Land, strengthening the case for Antarctica as a continent
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