Seeking Environmental Knowledge from an Inuit Shaman
Arcadia, 2012, no. 1
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discovery
explorations
Shane McCorristine on "Dreamscapes of the Arctic"
Shane McCorristine, a Carson fellow from June to September 2010, talks about how the arctic regions were understood in the nineteenth century.
"Facing the Forest: European Travellers Crossing the Mucuri River Valley, Brazil, in the Nineteenth Century"
From travellers’ accounts, Duarte discusses the conditions of exploration, and some aspects of the historical changes that took place in the territory.
First inroads into Antarctica
Norwegian polar explorer Roald Amundson reaches the South Pole on 14 December 1911, making him the first person to set foot there.
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Foundation of the Club Alpino Italiano
The Club Alpino Italiano, a gentlemen’s hiking group, was founded.
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Lewis and Clark Expedition
Thomas Jefferson commissioned Lewis and Clark’s expedition to search for a Northwest Passage to Asia. The expedition to the Pacific resulted in detailed environmental reports about the American West.
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First Ascent of Mount Blanc
The ascent of the highest mountain in Western Europe is regarded as the foundation of modern Alpinism.
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First ascent of Mount Everest
Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay are the first to ascend Mount Everest in Nepal.
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Vasco da Gama in India
Vasco da Gama’s journey establishes a sea route between Europe and India.
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Columbian Exchange
Early modern European voyages to the New World led to the globally transformative exchange of people, plants, ideas, and diseases.