History of Antarctica
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History of Antarctica
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The history of Antarctica emerges from early Western theories of a vast continent, known as Terra Australis, believed to exist in the far south of the globe. The term Antarctic, referring to the opposite of the Arctic Circle, was coined by Marinus of Tyre in the 2nd century AD. The rounding of the Cape of Good Hope and Cape Horn in the 15th and 16th centuries proved that Terra Australis Incognita, if it existed, was a continent in its own right. In 1773, James Cook and his crew crossed the Antar
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Antarctica
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2001-10-06T15:32:07Z
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2024-09-09T16:55:01Z
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