[DOC] [TLE] Antarctic Explorers: Charles Wilkes - South-Pole.com [PAR] Wilkes sighted land on several occasions as he sailed along the edge of the ... 
Thus, Wilkes was the first to provide proof of the existence of an Antarctic 
continent. ... landed on the Adlie Coast, on the other side of Antarctica, in 
January 1840. [DOC] [TLE] Charles Wilkes - Wikipedia [PAR] Charles Wilkes (April 3, 1798  February 8, 1877) was an American naval officer, 
ship's captain ... And, in July 1840, two sailors, one of whom was Wilkes' nephew, 
... John Charles Fremont's first Oregon Trail pathfinder expedition guided by Kit 
Carson during ... His gravestone says "he discovered the Ant-arctic continent". [DOC] [TLE] Naval History Blog  Blog Archive  First American Sighting of ... [PAR] Jan 19, 2012 ... On January 19th, 1840, Lt. Charles Wilkes, during an expedition ..... advanced by 
Wilkes that he was the first to sight the Antarctic Continent. [DOC] [TLE] Jeopary Question, THE 1840s - TriviaBistro.com [PAR] Jeopardy Question: THE 1840s - In January 1840, Charles Wilkes first sighted 
this continent. [DOC] [TLE] Charles Wilkes Antarctic Explorer - Antarctic Guide [PAR] Wilkes had been ordered to sail south from Tasmania as far as he could, ... but 
irascible and largely inexperienced 40-year-old lieutenant Charles Wilkes. ... Ex 
Ex's first Antarctic venture, but the relationship between Wilkes and his scientists 
... the chance to stay in Australia and meet the ship in New Zealand in March 
1840,... [DOC] [TLE] Wilkes claims portion of Antarctica for U.S. - Jan 19, 1840 ... [PAR] During an exploring expedition, Captain Charles Wilkes sights the coast of ... 
Antarctica was discovered by European and American explorers in the early part 
of ... States, made territorial claims to portions of the almost-inhabitable continent. [DOC] [TLE] Exploring the Antarctic 1840 - The Wilkes Expedition - NHHC - Navy [PAR] Apr 2, 2015 ... E.  Exploring the Antarctic 1840 - The Wilkes Expedition ...... the first defining of 
the reaches of the Antarctic continent and the first accurate ... of the United States 
Exploring Expedition, 1838-1842, by Charles Wilkes, USN. ... 9 January - We 
passed the site of Emerald Island, but saw nothing of it, nor any... [DOC] [TLE] Virtual Antarctica History: The Age of Discovery [PAR] Yet while the ancient Greeks only imagined the continent, the first human to 
encounter the ... Von Bellinghausen, who made the first sighting of the Antarctic 
continent in January 1820. ... The Frenchman, Dumont d' Urville, and American 
Charles Wilkes, from the United States, searched for the South Magnetic Pole in 
1840. [DOC] [TLE] Magnificent Voyage - JStor [PAR] ern continent was actually discovered. Disputes over who should receive ... 
Lieutenant Charles Wilkes, first .... of the continent. On 16 January 1840, 
midshipmen. [DOC] [TLE] Wilkes Land - JStor [PAR] On the Igth of January, 1840, in longitude I54? 30' E., lat. 66? 20' S., Lieutenant 
Charles Wilkes sighted, or believed t sighted, land to the south. On the same day 
... which Lieutenant Wilkes named "The Antarctic Continent," and which has since 
... First of all, he repeats and reiterates [1 a number of antiquated mis- statements
... [DOC] [TLE] 1.  Antarctica and New Zealand  Te Ara Encyclopedia of New ... [PAR] Jun 20, 2012 ... It was the last continent to be discovered, and it had no human inhabitants. ... On 
17 January 1773 Cook and the crew of the Resolution became the first ... found 
the Adlie Land coast of Antarctica in 1840; Charles Wilkes of... [DOC] [TLE] Full text of "Why America Should Re-Explore Wilkes Land" [PAR] The first was in West Antarctica, to the Shetlands and along the coast of Palmer 
Land. ... Starting from Australia, in January and February, 1840, Wilkes 
discovered the .... the coast of "The Antarctic Continent" discovered by Charles 
Wilkes? [DOC] [TLE] HISTORICAL TIMELINE of ANTARCTIC EXPLORATION [PAR] Sighted Antarctic Continent Jan 27, 1820. Furthest ...

Question: In January 1840, Charles Wilkes first sighted this continent
Answer: Antarctica