[DOC] [TLE] John Davis (sealer) - Wikipedia [PAR] Captain John Davis (born 1784 in Surrey, England) was a seal hunter from 
Connecticut, United States, who captained men who may have been the first to 
have set foot on Antarctica on 7 February 1821 shortly after the first sightings of 
the new continent, all in 1820 ... Some of Davis' crew from the American sealing 
ship, Cecilia, may have... [DOC] [TLE] Copy of Captain John Davis~Explorer of Antarctica by Alayzia ... [PAR] Oct 31, 2013 ... Captain John Davis made the first known landing on the continent of Antarctica. 
... out hunting seals with his crew on his sealing ship named Cecilia. ... Not all 
people believe Captain Davis was the first man to have set foot on Antarctica. ... 
Captain John Davis~ American Sealer and Explorer of Antarctica [DOC] [TLE] John Davis  First Person to Set Foot in Antarctica - American Profile [PAR] Sep 29, 2002 ... The first recorded modern person to set foot on the Antarctic continent was John 
Davis, a seal hunter out of New Haven, who made a landfall in... [DOC] [TLE] Travelling to Antarctica: past and present, Discovery and exploration ... [PAR] Visit us for info on Antarctica & past/present explorers who have discovered or 
travelled to ... John Davis was the first person to set foot on Antarctic land. [DOC] [TLE] Antarctic History - Antarctica Online [PAR] It has been only 100 years since humans first occupied the continent of ... In 1773
, Kergulen returned to his island with three ships but still did not personally set 
foot on the island that bears his name. .... The seal hunters didn't waste any time. 
... Men from the American sealer Cecilia, under Captain John Davis, landed at... [DOC] [TLE] Antarctica, Ancient landforms around the world, The changing world ... [PAR] Antarctica is the continent surrounding the South Pole. The first known person to 
set foot on Antarctica was an American seal hunter, John Davis, in 1821. 
Antarctica was a central part of Gondwana ... an American seal hunter, John 
Davis, in 1821. Many parts of Antarctica are named after the explorers who 
discovered them. [DOC] [TLE] andrew jackson antarctic peninsula - Better World Travel [PAR] years since sailors first cast their eyes on the Antarctic Peninsula. ... explorers 
were convinced a large, southern continent existed. ... John Davis, a seal hunter 
in ... The United States had chosen the name to honor seal hunter, American ... 
Mountain Range in the centre of East Antarctica is believed to have been the. [DOC] [TLE] History - Chimu Adventures [PAR] Contact us, or your travel agent, and create your own. ... a five-man expedition 
that ... continent. 1935. Caroline Mikkelsen, Nor- way, is the first woman to set foot
, albeit briefly, on ... John Davis, a seal hunter in the 19th century, seems to have 
... is believed to have been the formative site for the East Antarctic Ice Sheet. The. [DOC] [TLE] Isaac Asimov - Arvind Gupta [PAR] In fact, human beings may even have first come into existence on land south of 
the ... Henry, who came to be called Henry the Navigator, died in 1460. .... del 
Fuego wasn't part of a continent, they still believed a southern continent existed 
.... On 7 February 1821, an American seal hunter, John Davis, actually set foot on 
the... [DOC] [TLE] From Pytheas to CryoSat: a brief history of Europe's polar explorers ... [PAR] This ice-dedicated satellite is a first for our continent, but also follows in a long ... 
island of Rodoy in Arctic Norway shows a horned hunter either paddling a canoe 
or ... Pytheas was equipped with a navigational instrument called a 'gnomon', ... 
American sealer John Davis is claimed to have first set foot there, although the... [DOC] [TLE] She Speaks Poignards | Facts, opinions, and occasional wit in a ... [PAR] In fact, British explorer Matthew Flinders gave the name to Australia in 1814, 
stating ... However, many still believed that a larger southern continent had to 
exist to ... landmass

Question: An American seal hunter named John Davis is believed to be the first person to set foot on this continent
Answer: Antarctica