What happened on January 28, 1820, was a monumental event in the history of exploration. A Russian expedition led by Faddey Faddeyevich Bellingshausen OR Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen and ...

A historic discovery was made on January 28, 1820. A Russian navy expedition under the command of Faddei Bellingshausen and Mikhail Lazarev sighted the last of the remaining unexplored continents ...