This Week in Outdoor History: Vasco de Gama & Ferdinand Magellan

Filed in archive Outdoor News on November 29, 2007

This week in outdoor history features the discovery of Antarctica and the first person to fly over both the North and South Pole.

November 18, 1820: Captain Nathaniel Palmer discovered Antarctica.

November 22, 1842: Mount St. Helens in Washington state erupted. Ash fallout reached as far as 48 mi away.

November 22, 1497: Portuguese explorer Vasco de Gama became the first navigator to sail around the Cape of Good Hope in his search for a sea route to India.

November 28, 1520: Portuguese explorer ferdinand magellan passed through the strait which bears his name to the Pacific ocean

November 29, 1929: American explorer Richard Byrd passes over the South Pole, becoming the first man to fly over both poles.

Thanks Infoplease!