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

Filed in archive Outdoor News by Terah Shelton on November 29, 2007

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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 magellanlinks 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.


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