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The First Man to Find and Chart the Antarctic Mainland
Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen was a Russian naval officer and explorer who led the first expedition to find and chart the Antarctic mainland. Bellingshausen was born in 1778 on the island of Saaremaa, which is now part of...
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