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b. Early Modern European Expeditions | |
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Sir Hugh Willoughby and Richard Chancellor travel to Kola Peninsula. | 1 |
1576 | |
Sir Martin Frobisher sought the Northwest Passage in northern Canada. | 2 |
158587 | |
John Davis sought the Northwest Passage in northern Canada. | 3 |
159497 | |
Three voyages of Willem Barents and Cornelis Nay in northern Russia, exploring islands and routes in region of Barents Sea. | 4 |
160711 | |
Voyages of HENRY HUDSON, searching for Northwest Passage and exploring northern Canada. | 5 |
161048 | |
Russian Cossacks conquered Siberia and explored north coasts and major Arctic rivers. | 6 |
1670 | |
Hudson's Bay Company was granted royal charter for trade in North America and began explorations of Arctic areas. | 7 |
172841 | |
Voyages of VITRUS BERING to explore north Pacific basin and Bering Strait regions. | 8 |
173243 | |
Russian government survey of the whole Siberian coast. | 9 |
173839 | |
Pierre Bouvet sighted land south of Capetown in an expedition to prove or disprove the existence of an Antarctic continent. | 10 |
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CAPT. JAMES COOK's second voyage of Pacific exploration circumnavigated Antarctica for the first time, farthest southern penetration to that time. | 11 |
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