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#OnThisDay in 1872, the Norwegian sailor and polar explorer #RoaldAmundsen who was the most successful explorer in the Arctic and Antarctic, is born.❄️ Discover more👉: https://t.co/HoFeVILzdH #OTD #ExplorationHistory
#OnThisDay in 1910, Robert Falcon Scott's South Pole expedition sets sail from Cardiff on the Terra Nova.⚓ Learn more👉: https://t.co/MMmVbPwkGZ #OTD #ExplorationHistory #SouthPole
#OnThisDay in 1868, Captain Robert Falcon Scott was born in Plymouth.🥾 Discover his life and how he tragically died here👉: https://t.co/CJM5NbHr60 #OTD #ExplorationHistory
A 100-year-old fruitcake found in Antarctica remains astonishingly preserved. Left behind by an ill-fated expedition, it raises a haunting question—could something so small have changed history?
#Antarctica #RobertScott #ExplorationHistory #SurvivalStories #HistoricalMysteries
#OnThisDay in 1913, news reaches London of the failure of Captain Scott's 1912 Polar expedition.❄️🏔️ Read on👉: https://t.co/x8zywqQZcI #OTD #ExplorationHistory
#OnThisDay in 1912, after 2 months, #RobertFalconScott arrives at the South Pole only to find that Roald Amundsen, the Norwegian explorer, had preceded him by over a month.🥾 Learn more❄️: https://t.co/lZrEeVv8YN #ExplorationHistory #OTD
Captain Cook’s voyages mapped vast regions of the Pacific for the first time, opening new routes but also leaving a complex colonial legacy. https://t.co/FY8x7d71Ut
#ExplorationHistory #MaritimeHistory #PacificOcean
We have a fancy graphic for my FREE talk on 28th Oct. It’s in-person and online, just register and come along/tune in to see some of our neat maps, which are all the result of collaboration. #maps #explorationhistory @RGS_IBG
Hot off the press! Very pleased to have a chapter in this insightful collection (which also has amazing images from @RGS_IBG collections). #everest #explorationhistory #maps
#OnThisDay ③
🌍Today #April6 marks the day in 1909 when Robert Peary reportedly reached the North Pole❄️🧭. This achievement stands as a significant milestone in the history of exploration, symbolizing humanity's spirit of adventure into the unknown🌟 #ExplorationHistory #Nort…
1496: English King Henry VII grants John Cabot a commission to explore new lands. 🌍✨ #CabotCommission #ExplorationHistory
What a neat #explorationhistory lecture on gender and the Antarctic! Sep. 7 at 3:30pm Central time. @farsouthhistory speaking as part of the @ForDiscoveries virtual series.
Register here: https://t.co/cnCgVCd8Do
In my happy place, with the books @britishlibrary, starting on a super-fun research project (what do we mean/have we meant when we call someone a good mapmaker or navigator? With Tupaia and Cook as examples).
#maps #explorationhistory #inthereadingroom
Just in time for weekend listening, here is the lovely Sarah Evans and I talking about the history and holdings of @RGS_IBG on the Explorers Roundtable podcast. #podcast #explorationhistory #geography
https://t.co/M8pGN7wB6r
In case you were curious about the music @EoghanJFay chose for @Sarah_Nara & I's radio debut on @wsndfm, here is the Spotify playlist. The Wrath of Khan theme was particularly apropos for a discussion of #explorationhistory
https://t.co/iu65j2Mm9R
Celebrating #InternationalWomenDay2023 by highlighting female explorer Alexine Tinne, a 19th cent. Dutch explorer who became the first female to launch an expedition to cross the Sahara. #exploration #explorationhistory
The CFP for #SHD2023 Annual Conference is now live! We will be @umnlib James Ford Bell Library. This year's theme is "Worlds of Exploration" Proposals due April 17
https://t.co/F5vmLmjxtQ
#explorationhistory #maphistory #cartography #worldhistory #twitterstorians
Submission Deadline extended for Maritime World conference with CRNS @CanNautResSoc
#explorationhistory #maritimehistory
We've extended our deadline for this year's CRNS Conference in St. John's NL, August 17-18, 2023!
"Shaped by the Sea: The Maritime World as Transformative for Work, Culture, Ideas, Networks" which will be hosted at the Maritime History Archive!
To all our friends working on Maritime History or maritime adjacent, be sure to check out this CFP from @GlobalMarHist
#explorationhistory #maritimehistory
CFP: Shaped by the Sea: The Maritime World as Transformative for Work, Culture, Ideas, Networks from @CanNautResSoc https://t.co/j5mg4lonjQ
A podcast on Ferdinand Magellan, featuring renowned historian of exploration, Felipe Fernandez-Armesto, yes please!
#explorationhistory
https://t.co/zENHhrdDQd
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