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	John_Davis
		Captain John Davis, a sealer, the first American claimed to have set foot on Antarctica (February 7th, 1821).
		John Davis (1787-1854), Governor of the U.S. state the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
		John W. Davis, the Democratic candidate in the 1924 U.S. presidential election who lost to Calvin Coolidge.
	www.usedaudiparts.com /search.php?title=John_Davis (137 words)

	John_Davis
		Captain John Davis, a sealer, the first American claimed to have set foot on Antarctica (February 7th, 1821).
		John Davis (1787-1854), Governor of the U.S. state the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
		John W. Davis, the Democratic candidate in the 1924 U.S. presidential election who lost to Calvin Coolidge.
	www.usedaudiparts.com /search.php?title=John_Davis (137 words)

	John Davis - Enpsychlopedia
		Captain John Davis, a sealer, the first American claimed to have set foot on Antarctica (February 7th, 1821).
		John Davis (1787-1854), Governor of the U.S. state the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
		John W. Davis, the Democratic candidate in the 1924 U.S. presidential election who lost to Calvin Coolidge.
	psychcentral.com /psypsych/John_Davis (137 words)

	MSN Encarta - Polar Exploration
		In 1821 the American sealer John Davis landed on the Peninsula, and in 1822-1824 a British expedition under James Weddell succeeded in sailing further south than any previous navigator, to 74°15′, in the great indentation into the coast of the continent now called the Weddell Sea.
		Other great discoveries in the Antarctic included those of John Balleny, who discovered Balleny Island (1838-1839); Jules Dumont d’Urville, who found and named the Adélie Coast in 1840; and Charles Wilkes of the US Navy, who charted the coast of Antarctica between 160° East and 98° East, now named Wilkes Land.
		The idea of a new “Heroic Age” of exploration was promoted by Britain’s Royal Geographical Society, under its president, Sir Clements Markham, and the Royal Society, represented by John Murray.
	uk.encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_781539305_2/Polar_Exploration.html (1957 words)

	Antarctic Exploration - Chronology
		American sealer, John Davis, became the first person to actually set foot upon the Antarctic Continent when he landed at Hughes Bay on the Antarctic Peninsula.
		In a search for new sealing grounds, John Balleny discovered the islands that bear his name and the Sabrina Coast of Antarctica.
		British sealer, James Weddell, reached 74º15's in the Weddell Sea, the farthest south that any man had ever been.
	www.quarkexpeditions.com /antarctica/exploration.shtml (1016 words)

	Chapter 5. One small step for man...
		On 7 February 1821 the American sealer, the Cecilia, under the command of John Davis, stopped in Hughes Bay (64°01' South) on the Antarctic Peninsula.
		John Biscoe was one of the captains of the shipping company.
		Englishman John Balleny made some discoveries as well.
	www.70south.com /resources/history/chapters/chapter5 (751 words)

	History of Antarctica -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article
		The first American landing on Antarctica was arguably only slightly more than a year later by Captain (English navigator who explored the Arctic while searching for the Northwest Passage (1550-1605)) John Davis, a sealer.
		One of those explorers, (British explorer of the Arctic and Antarctic; located the north magnetic pole in 1831; discovered the Ross Sea in Antarctica; nephew of Sir John Ross (1800-1862)) James Clark Ross, identified its approximate location, but was unable to reach it.
		The first confirmed sighting of Antarctica cannot be accurately attributed to one single person.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/H/Hi/History_of_Antarctica.htm (1114 words)

	History of Antarctica -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article
		The first American landing on Antarctica was arguably only slightly more than a year later by Captain (English navigator who explored the Arctic while searching for the Northwest Passage (1550-1605)) John Davis, a sealer.
		One of those explorers, (British explorer of the Arctic and Antarctic; located the north magnetic pole in 1831; discovered the Ross Sea in Antarctica; nephew of Sir John Ross (1800-1862)) James Clark Ross, identified its approximate location, but was unable to reach it.
		The first confirmed sighting of Antarctica cannot be accurately attributed to one single person.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/H/Hi/History_of_Antarctica.htm (1114 words)

	Channel 4 Television - to the ENDS of the EARTH
		A year later, John Davis, captain of the sealer Huron, is alleged to have landed on the peninsula - the first person to do so.
		With Ernest Shackleton and Edward Wilson, Scott sledges south to 82ºS, discovering part of the Victoria Land mountain range.
		He is unsuccessful in his attempt to cross the Antarctic, but he and his 27 crew are famously trapped on the ice for 15 months and live to tell the tale.
	www.channel4.com /history/microsites/E/ends/shackleton6.html (795 words)

	antarctica: geography
		John Davis, captain of an American sealer, was the first person known to set foot on Antarctica.
		Land was probably first spotted by Admiral Fabian von Bellingshausen and M. Lazerev 47 years later, in January 1820.
		James Cook was the first explorer known to cross the Antarctic Circle, in January 1773.
	www.funsocialstudies.learninghaven.com /articles/antarctica.htm (678 words)

	Condor Journeys - Cruises to the Antarctica from Ushuaia, Argentina
		It was only the 7 February 1821, that the American sealer, John Davis, became the first person actually to set foot upon the Antarctic continent when he landed at Hughes Bay on the Antarctic Peninsula.
		"Terra Australis Incognita or the planet's last frontier"
		They named this yet undiscovered land mass Terra Australis Incognita (The Unknown Southern Continent).
	www.condorjourneys-adventures.com /antarctica.asp (678 words)

	Earth & Sky : Radio Shows
		Some say it was the American sealer John Davis who landed at Hughes Bay on the tip of Palmer Peninsula in February 1821.
		Palmer himself wasn't aware that it was attached to the continent.
		But it's also thought that in the same year, American explorer Nathaniel Palmer spotted a peninsula of Antarctica, which was later named Palmer Peninsula.
	www.earthsky.org /shows/show.php?date=20031214 (671 words)

	History of Antarctica - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Only slightly more than a year later, the first American landing on Antarctica was arguably by Captain John Davis, a sealer, who claimed to have set foot there on February 7, 1821[5][6][7].
		It is certain that on January 28, 1820 (New Style) the expedition led by Fabian von Bellingshausen and Mikhail Petrovich Lazarev on two ships reached a point within 20 miles (40 km) of the Antarctic mainland and saw ice-fields there.
		In 1898, they became the first men to spend winter on Antarctica, when their ship BELGICA became trapped in the ice.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/History_of_Antarctica (1262 words)

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