CENTRAL AMERICA.
A.D. 1502. Columbus. 1513. Vasco Nunez de Balbao. 1518. Grijalva. 1519. Fernando Cortez. 1519. Guray.
AUSTRALIA.
A.D. 1605. Torres. 1606. Quiros. 1616. Hartog. 1619. Edel and Houtman, 1622. The Leeuwin. 1627. Nuyts. 1699. Dampier. 1700. Cook. 1797. Bass. 1801-4. Flinders. 1814. Evans. 1817-22. King. 1828-40. Sturt. 1839. Strzelecki. 1841. Eyre. 1844-48. Leichhardt. 1860. Burke. 1861-62. MacDouall Stuart. 1868-74. Forrest. 1872-76. Giles. 1873. Warburton, 1897. Carnegie.
NEW ZEALAND.
A.D. 1642. Tasman. 1643. Brouwer. 1768-79. Cook.
POLYNESIA.
A.D. 1512. Francisco Serrão. 1520, 21. Magellan. 1527. Saavedra. 1542. Gaetano. 1542. Ruy Lopez de Villalobos. 1543, Ortez de Retis. 1567-98. Alvaro Mendaila. 1599. Houtman. 1643. Tasman. 1768. Carteret. 1776-79. Cook. 1835-49. Junghuhn. 1890. Macgregor.
NORTH POLE.
A.D. circa 900. Gunbiörn. 985. Eric the Red. 1553. Willoughby. 1596. Barentz. 1603. Bennett. 161 1. Jan Mayen. 1616. Baffin. 1721. Egéde. 1769-71. Hearne. 1819-22. Franklin, Back, and Richardson. 1819-27. Parry. 1820-23. Wrangel. 1922-23. Scoresby. 1829-33. Ross. 1833. Back. 1845-47. Franklin. 1847-54. Rae. 1850-54. M'Clure. 1853. Kane. 1S57-59. M'Clintock. 1868-79. Nordenskiöld. 1872-73. Payer and Weiprecht. 1876. Markham. 1879-82. The Jeannette. 1880. Leigh Smith. 1883. Lockwood. 1888-97. Nansen. 1892; 1898-1902; 1907-9. Peary. 1894-96. Jackson-Harmsworth expedition. 1899-1900. Abruzzi. 1901-02. Baldwin-Zeigler expedition.
SOUTH POLE.
A.D. 1816. Capt. Smith. 1821. Bellinghausen. 1823. Weddell. 1831. Biscoe. 1838-40. Dumont d'Urville. 1839. Balleny, 1840-42. James Ross, 1894-1900, Borchgrevink.
