History of Antarctica timeline.

Period: Sep 3, 1519 to Dec 4, 1519

1519

In September Ferdinand Magellan was on a route to the Indies sailing down south America he discovered narrow straight passing
Period: Sep 3, 1578 to Dec 4, 1578

1578

Francis Drake was blown away by a massive storm in the Pacific. Drake was seperated from his group but found a passage calling it the "Drake Passage"
Period: Sep 4, 1592 to Dec 5, 1592

1592

John Davis discovered the Falkland Islands
Period: Jan 3, 1773 to Dec 7, 1773

1773

Captain James Cook and his crew sailed pass the Antarctic circle.
Period: Feb 3, 1823 to Dec 4, 1823

1823

James weddle sailed 74° south . This is the farthest south yet.
Period: Jan 3, 1840 to Dec 4, 1840

1840

Jules-Sebasition Dumont d'Urville discovered the Antarctic coast line.
Period: Jan 3, 1841 to Dec 3, 1841

1841

Under Sir James Clarck Ross found the Ross ice self
Period: Jan 3, 1902 to Dec 31, 1902

1902

Captain Scott led the first Antarctica expidion
Period: Jan 3, 1908 to Dec 31, 1908

1908

Shackleton and his crew attemped to reach the south pole
Period: Jan 3, 1911 to Dec 31, 1911

1911

Ronald Amudsen and his crew reached the south pole
Period: Jan 3, 1912 to Dec 31, 1912

1912

Wiliam Flincher discoverd the Luitpold Coast
Period: Jan 3, 1916 to Dec 3, 1916

1916

Shackleton and his men leave elephant island in a life boat and goto south Georgia
Period: Oct 1, 1929 to Dec 31, 1929

1929

The Britsh,Austrailan and New Zealand are made under Sir Douglas Mawson

1519