Pre-Mechanical Age of Antarctic Exploration

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:historical_period
gptkbp:characterizedBy	absence of powered vehicles use of sail-powered ships
gptkbp:endDate	late 19th century
gptkbp:followedBy	gptkb:Heroic_Age_of_Antarctic_Exploration
gptkbp:goal	search for Terra Australis scientific observation mapping Antarctic coastline whaling and sealing
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Pre-Mechanical Age of Antarctic Exploration
gptkbp:notableEvent	first confirmed sighting of Antarctic continent in 1820 first crossing of Antarctic Circle by James Cook in 1773 charting of Ross Sea and Ross Ice Shelf discovery of Adélie Land by Dumont d'Urville discovery of Mount Erebus and Mount Terror naming of Victoria Land by James Clark Ross
gptkbp:notableFinds	gptkb:Wilkes_Land gptkb:Antarctic_Peninsula gptkb:Ross_Ice_Shelf gptkb:Ross_Sea gptkb:South_Shetland_Islands gptkb:Adélie_Land
gptkbp:notableMission	gptkb:Nathaniel_Palmer gptkb:James_Cook's_second_voyage gptkb:Edward_Bransfield gptkb:Fabian_Gottlieb_von_Bellingshausen gptkb:Mikhail_Lazarev gptkb:Charles_Wilkes gptkb:James_Clark_Ross gptkb:Jules_Dumont_d'Urville gptkb:Bellingshausen-Lazarev_expedition James Cook Dumont d'Urville expedition Charles Wilkes expedition James Clark Ross expedition
gptkbp:precededBy	gptkb:Age_of_Discovery
gptkbp:startDate	late 18th century
gptkbp:technology	chronometer sextant wooden sailing ships basic navigation instruments
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Mechanical_Age_of_Antarctic_Exploration
gptkbp:bfsLayer	8