1951
Mount Everest
Hillary is part of a British reconnaissance expedition to Everest led by Eric Shipton before joining the successful British attempt of 1953
Historical place archive
Browse historical events and people recorded at Everest in New Zealand. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
Hillary is part of a British reconnaissance expedition to Everest led by Eric Shipton before joining the successful British attempt of 1953
Provenance
These entries are generated from stored World History Database records whose country and place fields match New Zealand and Everest. Names, dates, event labels and descriptions are reviewed and normalised as the database develops. Historical place names may not match modern administrative boundaries.
This database is a research index. For formal scholarly citation, verify individual claims against appropriate primary, archival, academic or specialist sources.