Timeline: Exploration
| Years: c. 600 BCE - 1958 | Subject: Society and culture |
| Publisher: HistoryWorld | Online Publication Date: 2012 |
| Current online version: 2012 | eISBN: 9780191737374 |
| Year | Event |
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| c. 600 BCE | Go to Phoenicians in The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Archaeology (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| c. 310 BCE | Go to Pytheas (c. 310–306 bc) in The Oxford Classical Dictionary (3 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 138 BCE | Go to Qian, Zhang (d. 114 b.c.e.) in The Oxford Companion to World Exploration (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| c. 126 BCE | Go to Qian, Zhang (d. 114 b.c.e.) in The Oxford Companion to World Exploration (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| c. 800 | Go to New Zealand in A Dictionary of British History (1 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| c. 981 | Go to Eric the Red (10th century)) in World Encyclopedia (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| c. 1000 | Go to Vinland in The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| c. 1010 | Go to L'Anse aux Meadows in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1415 | Go to Henry the Navigator (1394–1460) in The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| c. 1425 | Go to Zheng He (died c.1433) in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1488 | Go to Cape of Good Hope in The Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1492 | Go to Columbus, Christopher (c. 1451–1506) in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Columbus, Christopher (c. 1451–1506) in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Columbus, Christopher (c. 1451–1506) in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1493 | Go to Columbus, Christopher (c. 1451–1506) in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1497 | Go to Cabot, John (c. 1450–c. 1498) in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Cabot, John (c. 1450–c. 1498) in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1498 | Go to da Gama, Vasco (c. 1469–1524) in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1500 | Go to Cabral, Pedro Álvares (1467–1520) in World Encyclopedia (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1501 | Go to Vespucci, Amerigo (1454–1512) in The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1507 | Go to Vespucci, Amerigo (1454–1512) in The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1513 | Go to Balboa, Vasco Núñez de (1475–1519) in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1519 | Go to Magellan, Ferdinand (c. 1480–1521) in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1521 | Go to Magellan, Ferdinand (c. 1480–1521) in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Magellan, Ferdinand (c. 1480–1521) in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1522 | Go to d'Abbadie, Antoine (1810–1897) in The Oxford Companion to World Exploration (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1534 | Go to Cartier, Jacques (1491–1557) in World Encyclopedia (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1535 | Go to Montreal (Canada, France, USA) in The Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1540 | Go to Coronado, Francisco Vásquez de in New Oxford American Dictionary (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1568 | Go to Terra Australis Incognita in The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1577 | Go to Drake, Sir Francis in Oxford Dictionary of English (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1580 | Go to Drake, Sir Francis in Oxford Dictionary of English (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1594 | Go to Barents, Willem (c. 1550–97) in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1609 | Go to Hudson, Henry (d.1611) in World Encyclopedia (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1611 | Go to Hudson, Henry (d.1611) in World Encyclopedia (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1616 | Go to Smith, John (1580–1631) in World Encyclopedia (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1642 | Abel Tasman makes landfall in the Macquarie Harbour area in the island now known after him, Tasmania Go to Tasman, Abel (1603–c. 1659) in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Maori in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1643 | Go to Tasman, Abel (1603–c. 1659) in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1722 | Go to Easter Island (Chile) in The Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1728 | Go to Bering (1681–1741) in The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1768 | Go to Cook, James (1728–79) in A Dictionary of British History (1 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1769 | Go to Cook, James (1728–79) in A Dictionary of British History (1 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1770 | Go to Cook, James (1728–79) in A Dictionary of British History (1 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1772 | Go to Cook, James (1728–79) in A Dictionary of British History (1 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| c. 1775 | Go to Afrikaner in World Encyclopedia (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1779 | Go to Cook, James (1728–79) in A Dictionary of British History (1 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1789 | Go to Mackenzie, Sir Alexander (c. 1764–1820) in The Oxford Companion to British History (1 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1791 | Go to Vancouver, George (1757–98) in The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1792 | See this event in other timelines: |
| 1795 | Go to Park, Mungo (1771–1806) in World Encyclopedia (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1798 | Go to Bass Strait in The Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1804 | Go to Lewis, Meriwether in Oxford Dictionary of English (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1805 | Go to Lewis and Clark Expedition (1804–06) in World Encyclopedia (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1806 | Go to Lewis and Clark Expedition (1804–06) in World Encyclopedia (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1830 | Go to Lander, Richard Lemon (1804–34) in The Oxford Companion to British History (1 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1831 | Go to Beagle, HMS in World Encyclopedia (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1832 | Go to paddle steamer noun in Oxford Dictionary of English (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1836 | Go to Beagle, HMS in World Encyclopedia (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1838 | Go to Wilkes, Charles (1798–1877) in The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1845 | Go to Franklin, Sir John (1786–1847) in World Encyclopedia (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1853 | Go to Livingstone, David (1813–73) in A Dictionary of British History (1 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1855 | Go to Victoria Falls in World Encyclopedia (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1857 | Go to Burton, Sir Richard in Oxford Dictionary of English (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1858 | Go to Burton, Sir Richard in Oxford Dictionary of English (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Speke, John Hanning in Oxford Dictionary of English (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1859 | Go to Franklin, Sir John (1786–1847) in World Encyclopedia (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1862 | Go to Burton, Sir Richard (1821–90) in The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Speke, John Hanning (1827–1864) in Encyclopedia of Africa (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Stuart, John McDouall (1815–66) in The Oxford Companion to Australian History (1 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Wills, Robert O'Hara, and William, explorers in The Oxford Companion to World Exploration (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1869 | Go to Livingstone, David (1813–73) in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1871 | Go to Stanley, Sir Henry Morton (1841–1904) in A Dictionary of British History (1 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1874 | Go to Stanley, Sir Henry Morton (1841–1904) in The Oxford Companion to British History (1 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1876 | Go to Stanley, Sir Henry Morton (1841–1904) in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1877 | Go to Stanley, Sir Henry Morton (1841–1904) in World Encyclopedia (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1893 | Go to Nansen, Fridtjof (1861–1930) in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1901 | Go to Scott, Robert Falcon (1868–1912) in Who's Who in the Twentieth Century (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1906 | Go to Amundsen, Roald (1872–1928) in Who's Who in the Twentieth Century (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1908 | Go to Shackleton, Sir Ernest Henry (1874–1922) in A Dictionary of British History (1 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1909 | Go to Bernier, Captain Joseph-Elzéar (1852–1934) in The Oxford Companion to Canadian History (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Blériot, Louis (1872–1936) in Who's Who in the Twentieth Century (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1910 | Go to Scott, Robert Falcon (1868–1912) in Who's Who in the Twentieth Century (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| c. 1911 | Go to Bingham, Hiram (1875–1956) in The Oxford Companion to World Exploration (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Amundsen, Roald (1872–1928) in Who's Who in the Twentieth Century (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1912 | Go to Scott, Robert Falcon (1868–1912) in Who's Who in the Twentieth Century (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1913 | Go to Canadian Arctic Expedition in The Oxford Companion to Canadian History (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1916 | Go to Shackleton, Sir Ernest Henry (1874–1922) in Who's Who in the Twentieth Century (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1929 | Go to Byrd, Richard Evelyn (1888–1957) in World Encyclopedia (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1947 | Go to Heyerdahl, Thor (1914–2002) in Who's Who in the Twentieth Century (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1953 | Go to Hillary, Sir Edmund Percival (1919–2008) in A Dictionary of Sports Studies (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1958 | Go to Fuchs, Sir Vivian Ernest (1908–1999) in Who's Who in the Twentieth Century (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
