Historical place archive

Mount Briscoe in History

Browse historical events and people recorded at Mount Briscoe in Great Britain. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.

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Historical events in Mount Briscoe

1831

28 February 1831
Discovery of Mount Briscoe
John Biscoe · Exploration and Discovery

A headland is spotted, which Biscoe names Cape Ann; the mountain atop the headland would later be named Mount Biscoe

Provenance

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