Tag: Exploration

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20th July 1969: Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin successfully land on the surface of the moon during the Apollo 11 mission

• 20th July 2023
• Tagged as: America, Apollo 11, Buzz Aldrin, Exploration, NASA, Neil Armstron, Space, Space Race, United States, USA

The words ‘Houston, Tranquility Base here. The Eagle has landed’ confirmed the safe touchdown at around 8:17pm GMT.

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13th May 1787: The First Fleet departs for Australia from Portsmouth in England

• 13th May 2023
• Tagged as: America, Australia, Britain, Colonialism, Criminal, Exploration, Imperialism, Ship, South Africa

On the 13^th May 1787, the eleven ships of the “First Fleet” set sail under Captain Arthur Phillip from Portsmouth, England, to establish a penal colony in Australia.

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22nd April 1884: Thomas Stevens begins the first round-the-world cycle ride

• 22nd April 2023
• Tagged as: Bicycle, China, Cycling, Exploration, Japan, San Francisco, USA

Thomas Stevens departed San Francisco on a large-wheeled Ordinary, also known as a penny-farthing, to become the first person to cycle around the world.

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19th April 1770: British explorer Captain James Cook first sights Australia from HMS Endeavour

• 19th April 2023
• Tagged as: Australia, Captain Cook, Exploration, New Zealand, Voyage

The first sighting had been of Point Hicks, but it wasn’t until the ship had travelled some distance along the coast to what is now known as Botany Bay that Cook and his crew felt they had found a suitable mooring.

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17th April 1492: Christopher Columbus secures support for his first voyage across the Atlantic from the Catholic Monarchs, Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand

• 17th April 2023
• Tagged as: Atlantic, Catholic Monarchs, Columbus, Exploration, Ferdinand and Isabella, Spain, Transatlantic

The Capitulations of Santa Fe granted a number of official titles to Columbus as well as ten per cent of any treasure he was able to secure on his voyage.

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23rd March 1806: The Lewis and Clark Expedition begins its return journey

• 23rd March 2023
• Tagged as: Adventure, America, Discovery, Exploration, Jefferson, Lewis and Clark, USA

The Lewis and Clark Expedition began its journey home, having crossed the western United States.

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16th February 1923: Howard Carter unseals the burial chamber of the Pharaoh Tutankhamun in the Valley of the Kings

• 16th February 2023
• Tagged as: Archaeology, Carter, Egypt, Egyptology, Exploration, Tutankhamun, Valley of the Kings

Having secured permission from the Department of Antiquities of Egypt to open the sealed door, Carter came face-to-face with the enormous gilt shrine containing Tutankhamun himself.

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25th January 1890: American journalist Nellie Bly arrives in New Jersey after completing a 72-day solo journey around the world

• 25th January 2023
• Tagged as: America, Circumnavigation, Exploration, New Jersey, New York, Travel, United States, USA

With £200 in English gold and banknotes, and a single bag that was smaller than modern carry-on luggage, Bly departed from Hoboken Pier in New Jersey on board the Augusta Victoria steamship on 14 November 1889.

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14th December 1911: Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen becomes the first to reach the South Pole

• 14th December 2022
• Tagged as: Amundsen, Antarctica, Discovery, Exploration, Norway, Norwegian, Robert Scott, South Pole

Amundsen’s team arrived five weeks ahead of British explorer Robert Falcon Scott’s Terra Nova Expedition.

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29th October 1618: Sir Walter Raleigh beheaded for treason against James I in the Main Plot

• 29th October 2022
• Tagged as: Beheading, El Dorado, Elizabeth I, England, Execution, Exploration, James I and VI, Palace of Westminster, Spain, Tower of London, Treason, Walter Raleigh

Raleigh had been found guilty of treason for his involvement in the Main Plot that sought to depose Elizabeth’s successor James I and replace him with his cousin Arabella Stuart.