Map of the Most Recent Antarctic Discoveries, 1840–1841
A map from 1863 showing the part of the Antarctic coastline charted by the U. S. Exploring Expedition of 1840 and the southernmost point reached by the expedition of Captain Ross in 1841; which got within 830 miles of the South Pole. The map is color...

South Polar Region, 1899
A map of the Antarctic region from 1899 showing the South Pole and Antarctic Circle, Graham Land, Enderby Land, South Victoria Land, Wilkes Land, and Alexander Land. The map illustrates how unknown the continent was at the time by the fact that an An...

Antarctic Regions, 1911
This early 20th century map of the Antarctic illustrates the average limit of drift ice from the Antarctic continent, as well as the southern limit of human inhabitation. ...

Exploration of the Antarctic Regions, 1912
A map of the South Polar Region from 1912 showing the routes of several Antarctic explorations. The map shows the route and date Amundsen first reached the South Pole, and routes of Cook (1772–1775), D'Urville (1838–1840), Wilke (1839&nda...

Antarctic Regions, 1919
A map of the South Polar Region from 1919 showing the routes of several Antarctic explorations. The map shows the route used and date Amundsen first reached the South Pole (December 14–17, 1911), and routes of Cook (1772–1775), D'Urville ...

Antarctic Regions, 1920
A map of Antarctica from 1920 showing the extent of known land at the time. The map shows the geographic and magnetic poles, the extent of pack ice, limit of drift ice, and the southernmost points reached by Wendell in 1823, Ross in 1841, Scott on hi...

Exploration of the Antarctic Regions, 1920
A map of the South Polar Region from 1920 showing the routes of several Antarctic explorations. The map shows the date Amundsen first reached the South Pole (December 16, 1911), and routes of Cook (1772–1775), D'Urville (1838–1840), Wilke...

Exploration of the Antarctic Regions, 1920
A map of the South Polar Region from 1920 showing the routes of several Antarctic explorations. The map shows the route used and date Amundsen first reached the South Pole (December 14–17, 1911), and routes of Cook (1772–1775), D'Urville ...

Antarctic Regions showing the routes of the most important explorations, 1920
A map of the South Polar Region from 1920 showing the routes of several Antarctic explorations. The map shows the route used and date Amundsen first reached the South Pole (December 14–17, 1911), and routes of Cook (1772–1775), D'Urville ...

South Polar Exploration, 1921
A map from 1921 showing Antarctica and the routes of exploration, including the route of Ross (1839-1843), the H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876), Borchgrevink (1898-1900), Shackleton (1909), Amundsen (1911), and Scott (1912). " South Polar Explorat...