Exploration and Geography Stories
Expeditions, voyages, first ascents and maps: where people went, when, and what the records say they found.
1937
1937 · Exploration
Soviet scientists establish North Pole-1 on drifting ice
May 21, 19371929
1929 · Exploration
Byrd's Expedition Flies Over the South Pole
November 29, 1929
1924 · Exploration
The First Flight Around the World Returns to Seattle
September 28, 19241911
1911 · Exploration
Amundsen's Team Reaches the South Pole
December 14, 19111889
1889 · Exploration
Nellie Bly Begins Her Journey Around the World
November 14, 18891871
1871 · Exploration
Stanley Meets Livingstone at Ujiji
November 10, 18711687
1687 · Exploration
La Salle is killed by members of his own expedition
March 19, 16871642
1642 · Exploration
Tasman's Expedition Sights New Zealand
December 13, 16421642
1642 · Exploration
Abel Tasman's Expedition Reaches Tasmania
November 24, 16421577
1577 · Exploration
Francis Drake Begins His Circumnavigation Voyage
December 13, 1577
1542 · Exploration
Cabrillo Enters San Diego Bay
September 28, 15421520
1520 · Exploration