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NOTABLE EXPLORATIONS

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  • 1492

    The Discovery of the 'New World'...

    The Discovery of the 'New World'...
    In 1492, Christopher Columbus,landed on an island in the Bahamas, which he named San Salvador.
  • 1497

    America has been found!

    America has been found!
    In the year 1497, North America was discovered by John Cabot, an Italian explorer.

  • The first clock...

    The first clock...
    The first accurate clock was discovered in 1656, by a Dutch scientist, Christian Huygens.

  • Easter Island

    Easter Island
    In 1722, Easter Island was discovered by Jacob Roggeveen.

  • The dictionary

    The dictionary
    On April 15th 1755, Samuel Johnson publishes the first English language dictionary.

  • Limestone...

    Limestone...
    The first geologist to discover limestone was Belsazar Hacquet in 1778.

  • The Lake Victoria

    The Lake Victoria
    1858: The Lake Victoria was discovered by John Speke (1828-1864), a British Explorer.

  • ''One small leap for man, one gaint leap for mankind''

    ''One small leap for man, one gaint leap for mankind''
    On July 20th 1969, Neil Armstrong was the first man to walk on the moon.