18 November 1820
Discovery of Antarctica
Sights Antarctic land near the peninsula from the sloop Hero, becoming one of the first Americans to report the continent
Historical place archive
Browse historical events and people recorded at Antarctic Peninsula in United States of America. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
Sights Antarctic land near the peninsula from the sloop Hero, becoming one of the first Americans to report the continent
Provenance
These entries are generated from stored World History Database records whose country and place fields match United States of America and Antarctic Peninsula. Names, dates, event labels and descriptions are reviewed and normalised as the database develops. Historical place names may not match modern administrative boundaries.
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