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Bellingshausen First Sighting
- When
- 27 January 1820
- Where
- Antarctica
Bellingshausen is credited as the first to see Antarctic land on 27 January 1820.
Bellingshausen and Lazarev became the first explorers to see the land of Antarctica on 27 January 1820. Historian A. Jones concluded Bellingshausen was the true discoverer, disproving James Cook's contention that land could not be found in the southern ice-fields.
Sources
- Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen Wikipedia, revision of 2026-07-09
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