24 February 1831
Discovery of Antarctica
Sights bare mountain tops through the ocean ice and correctly surmises that they are part of a continent, naming the area Enderby Land in honour of his patrons
Historical place archive
Browse historical events and people recorded at Enderby Land in Great Britain. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
Sights bare mountain tops through the ocean ice and correctly surmises that they are part of a continent, naming the area Enderby Land in honour of his patrons
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
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