Cartographic expeditions to Greenland
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| Expedition Name | Year(s) | Area explored | Leader |
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| Pining-Pothorst Expedition | 1472 | Southeast? Greenland | Didrik Pining Didrik Pining Didrik Pining was a German privateer, nobleman and governor of Iceland and Vardøhus. He is most notable because some have proposed that he may have landed in North America in the 1470s, almost twenty years before Columbus' voyages of discovery... and Hans Pothorst Hans Pothorst Hans Pothorst was a privateer, likely from the German city Hildesheim. He is mostly notable because some have proposed that he may have discovered America along with Didrik Pining in the 1470s, almost twenty years before Columbus.... |
| Third Northwest Passage Voyage Martin Frobisher Sir Martin Frobisher was an English seaman who made three voyages to the New World to look for the Northwest Passage... |
1578 | South Greenland | Martin Frobisher Martin Frobisher Sir Martin Frobisher was an English seaman who made three voyages to the New World to look for the Northwest Passage... |
| John Davis’ Expeditions to the Northwest Passage John Davis (English explorer) John Davis , was one of the chief English navigators and explorers under Elizabeth I, especially in Polar regions and in the Far East.-Early life:... |
1583-87 | Southwest Greenland | John Davis John Davis (English explorer) John Davis , was one of the chief English navigators and explorers under Elizabeth I, especially in Polar regions and in the Far East.-Early life:... |
| Christian IV's Expeditions Christian IV's Expeditions to Greenland Christian IV's Expeditions was a series of expeditions in the years 1605-1607 to Greenland and Arctic waterways sent by King Christian IV of Denmark in order to locate the lost Eastern Norse Settlement and assert Danish sovereignty over Greenland.... |
1605-07 | Southeast Greenland | John Cunningham John Cunningham (explorer) John Cunningham was a Scottish explorer who served under the Danish flag. He is most noted for his role in King Christian IV's Expeditions to GreenlandIn Denmark he was known as Hans Køning. In 1603 he became a captain in the Danish navy... , Godske Lindenov Godske Lindenov Godske Christoffersen Lindenov was a Danish naval offiver and Arctic explorer. He is most noted for his role in King Christian IV's Expeditions to Greenland... , Carsten Richardson Carsten Richardson Carsten Richardson was an early 17th century Holsteinian-Danish naval officer and Arctic explorer. He is most noted for his role in King Christian IV's Expeditions to Greenland.... and James Hall James Hall (explorer) James Hall was an English explorer. In Denmark, he was known as Jacob Hald. He piloted three of King Christian IV's Expeditions to Greenland under John Cunningham , Godske Lindenov , and Carsten Richardson . In his first voyage he charted the west coast of Greenland as far north as 68° 35' N... |
| Hall Expedition James Hall (explorer) James Hall was an English explorer. In Denmark, he was known as Jacob Hald. He piloted three of King Christian IV's Expeditions to Greenland under John Cunningham , Godske Lindenov , and Carsten Richardson . In his first voyage he charted the west coast of Greenland as far north as 68° 35' N... |
1612 | Southwest Greenland | James Hall James Hall (explorer) James Hall was an English explorer. In Denmark, he was known as Jacob Hald. He piloted three of King Christian IV's Expeditions to Greenland under John Cunningham , Godske Lindenov , and Carsten Richardson . In his first voyage he charted the west coast of Greenland as far north as 68° 35' N... and William Baffin William Baffin William Baffin was an English navigator and explorer. Nothing is known of his early life, but it is conjectured that he was born in London of humble origin, and gradually raised himself by his diligence and perseverance... |
| Baffin Expedition William Baffin William Baffin was an English navigator and explorer. Nothing is known of his early life, but it is conjectured that he was born in London of humble origin, and gradually raised himself by his diligence and perseverance... |
1616 | West Greenland | William Baffin William Baffin William Baffin was an English navigator and explorer. Nothing is known of his early life, but it is conjectured that he was born in London of humble origin, and gradually raised himself by his diligence and perseverance... |
| Walløe Expedition | 1751-53 | Southeast Greenland | Peder Olsen Walløe Peder Olsen Walløe Peder Olsen Walløe was a Dano-Norwegian Arctic explorer most noted for his historic exploration of the former Norse settlements on Greenland.-Biography:... |
| Ross Expedition John Ross (Arctic explorer) Sir John Ross, CB, was a Scottish rear admiral and Arctic explorer.Ross was the son of the Rev. Andrew Ross, minister of Inch, near Stranraer in Scotland. In 1786, aged only nine, he joined the Royal Navy as an apprentice. He served in the Mediterranean until 1789 and then in the English Channel... |
1818 | Northwest Greenland | John Ross John Ross (Arctic explorer) Sir John Ross, CB, was a Scottish rear admiral and Arctic explorer.Ross was the son of the Rev. Andrew Ross, minister of Inch, near Stranraer in Scotland. In 1786, aged only nine, he joined the Royal Navy as an apprentice. He served in the Mediterranean until 1789 and then in the English Channel... |
| Scoresby's Voyage to the Northern Whale-Fishery in the Baffin of Liverpool | 1822 | East Greenland | William Scoresby William Scoresby William Scoresby , was an English Arctic explorer, scientist and clergyman.-Early years:Scoresby was born in the village of Cropton near Pickering 26 miles south of Whitby in Yorkshire. His father, William Scoresby , made a fortune in the Arctic whale fishery... |
| Commissioners for the Discovery of the Longitude at Sea Expedition | 1823 | East Greenland | Douglas Charles Clavering and Edward Sabine Edward Sabine General Sir Edward Sabine KCB FRS was an Irish astronomer, geophysicist, ornithologist and explorer.Two branches of Sabine's work in particular deserve very high credit: Determination of the length of the seconds pendulum, a simple pendulum whose time period on the surface of the Earth is two... |
| Graah Expedition | 1828-30 | Southeast Greenland | W. A. Graah Wilhelm August Graah Wilhelm August Graah was a Danish naval officer and Arctic explorer. Graah had mapped areas of West Greenland when he, in 1828-30, was sent on an expedition to the uninhabited eastern coast with the purpose to search for the lost Eastern Norse Settlement... |
| La Lilloise Expedition | 1833 | Southeast Greenland | Jules de Blosseville Jules de Blosseville Jules-Alphonse-René Poret baron de Blosseville was a French naval officer, geographer and explorer.... |
| Inglefield Expedition Edward Augustus Inglefield Sir Edward Augustus Inglefield was a Royal Naval officer who led one of the searches for the missing Arctic explorer John Franklin during the 1850s. In doing so, his expedition charted previously unexplored areas along the northern Canadian coastline, including Baffin Bay, Smith Sound and... |
1852 | Northwest Greenland | Edward Augustus Inglefield Edward Augustus Inglefield Sir Edward Augustus Inglefield was a Royal Naval officer who led one of the searches for the missing Arctic explorer John Franklin during the 1850s. In doing so, his expedition charted previously unexplored areas along the northern Canadian coastline, including Baffin Bay, Smith Sound and... |
| First German North Polar Expedition German North Polar Expedition German North Polar Expedition was a short series of mid-19th century German expeditions to the Arctic. The aim was to explore the North Polar Region and to brand the newly united, Prussian-led German Empire as a great power... |
1868 | Northeast Greenland | Carl Koldewey Carl Koldewey Carl Christian Koldewey was a German Arctic explorer. He led both German North Polar Expeditions.-Life and career:... |
| Second German North Polar Expedition (Germania and Hansa) German North Polar Expedition German North Polar Expedition was a short series of mid-19th century German expeditions to the Arctic. The aim was to explore the North Polar Region and to brand the newly united, Prussian-led German Empire as a great power... |
1869-70 | Northeast Greenland | Carl Koldewey Carl Koldewey Carl Christian Koldewey was a German Arctic explorer. He led both German North Polar Expeditions.-Life and career:... |
| British Arctic Expedition British Arctic Expedition The British Arctic Expedition of 1875-1876, led by Sir George Strong Nares, was sent by the British Admiralty to attempt to reach the North Pole via Smith Sound. Two ships, HMS Alert and HMS Discovery , sailed from Portsmouth on 29 May 1875... |
1875-76 | North Greenland | George Nares George Nares Vice-Admiral Sir George Strong Nares KCB FRS was a British naval officer and Arctic explorer. He commanded both the Challenger Expedition and the British Arctic Expedition, and was highly thought of a leader and a scientific explorer... |
| J. A. D. Jensen Expedition | 1878 | Inland ice in West Greenland | J. A. D. Jensen J. A. D. Jensen Jens Arnold Diderich Jensen - November 24, 1936 in Copenhagen) was a Danish naval officer and Arctic explorer. He assisted the geological exploration along the Greenland west coast. He is particularly renowned for his explorations of the inland ice sheet. He led an expedition that discovered... |
| Umiak Expedition | 1883-85 | Southeast Greenland | Gustav Holm Gustav Frederik Holm right|thumb|400px|Gustav Holm at [[Qaqortoq]], Greenland, in 1894, when he was captain of the steamer HvidbjørnenGustav Frederik Holm was a Danish naval officer and Arctic explorer, born at Copenhagen... and Thomas Vilhelm Garde |
| 2nd Dickson expedition led by Nordenskiöld Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld Freiherr Nils Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld , also known as A. E. Nordenskioeld was a Finnish baron, geologist, mineralogist and arctic explorer of Finnish-Swedish origin. He was a member of the prominent Finland-Swedish Nordenskiöld family of scientists... |
1883 | West Greenland and East Greenland at Ammasalik | Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld Freiherr Nils Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld , also known as A. E. Nordenskioeld was a Finnish baron, geologist, mineralogist and arctic explorer of Finnish-Swedish origin. He was a member of the prominent Finland-Swedish Nordenskiöld family of scientists... |
| Upernavik Mapping Expedition | 1886-87 | Northwest Greenland | Carl Ryder Carl Ryder thumb|right|200px|The schooner Fylla in Copenhagen harbourCarl Hartvig Ryder was a Danish naval officer and Arctic explorer.He was a member of several expeditions:... |
| Nansen Expedition | 1888 | Across the inland ice | Fridtjof Nansen Fridtjof Nansen Fridtjof Wedel-Jarlsberg Nansen was a Norwegian explorer, scientist, diplomat, humanitarian and Nobel Peace Prize laureate. In his youth a champion skier and ice skater, he led the team that made the first crossing of the Greenland interior in 1888, and won international fame after reaching a... |
| Ryder’s East Greenland Expedition (Hekla) | 1891-92 | Scoresby Sund Scoresby Sund Scoresby Sund is an inlet system of the Greenland Sea on the eastern coast of Greenland. It has a tree-like structure, with a main body approximately long that branches into a system of fjords covering an area of about . The longest of these extends 340–350 km in from the coastline... system |
Carl Ryder Carl Ryder thumb|right|200px|The schooner Fylla in Copenhagen harbourCarl Hartvig Ryder was a Danish naval officer and Arctic explorer.He was a member of several expeditions:... |
| Peary's North Greenland Expeditions Robert Peary Robert Edwin Peary, Sr. was an American explorer who claimed to have been the first person, on April 6, 1909, to reach the geographic North Pole... |
1891-92 | North Greenland | Robert Peary Robert Peary Robert Edwin Peary, Sr. was an American explorer who claimed to have been the first person, on April 6, 1909, to reach the geographic North Pole... |
| Peary's North Greenland Expeditions Robert Peary Robert Edwin Peary, Sr. was an American explorer who claimed to have been the first person, on April 6, 1909, to reach the geographic North Pole... |
1893-95 | North Greenland | Robert Peary Robert Peary Robert Edwin Peary, Sr. was an American explorer who claimed to have been the first person, on April 6, 1909, to reach the geographic North Pole... |
| Peary's Peary Arctic Club Expedition Robert Peary Robert Edwin Peary, Sr. was an American explorer who claimed to have been the first person, on April 6, 1909, to reach the geographic North Pole... |
1898-1902 | North Greenland | Robert Peary Robert Peary Robert Edwin Peary, Sr. was an American explorer who claimed to have been the first person, on April 6, 1909, to reach the geographic North Pole... |
| Sverdrup Expedition | 1898 | Northwest Greenland | Otto Sverdrup Otto Sverdrup Otto Neumann Knoph Sverdrup was a Norwegian sailor and Arctic explorer.-Early and personal life:... |
| Carlsbergfund Expedition to East Greenland | 1898-1900 | Coast between Ammassalik Island and Scoresby Sound | G. C. Amdrup |
| Swedish Greenland Expedition to search for Andrée | 1899 | Northeast Greenland | Alfred Gabriel Nathorst Alfred Gabriel Nathorst Alfred Gabriel Nathorst was a Swedish Arctic explorer, geologist and palaeobotanist. Nathorst was born in Väderbrunn outside Nyköping and died in Stockholm.-Biography:He was born on November 7, 1850.... |
| Literary expedition | 1902-04 | Northwest Greenland | Ludvig Mylius-Erichsen Ludvig Mylius-Erichsen Ludvig Mylius-Erichsen was a Danish author, ethnologist, and explorer, from Ringkøbing. He was most notably an explorer of Greenland. With Count Harald Moltke and Knud Rasmussen he formed the Danish Literary expedition to West Greenland, and in the early stages discovered near Evigheds Fiord two... and Knud Rasmussen |
| Expédition Arctique du Duc D'Orléans | 1905 | East Greenland | Prince Philippe, Duke of Orléans |
| Danmark expedition | 1906-08 | Northeast-North Greenland | Ludvig Mylius-Erichsen Ludvig Mylius-Erichsen Ludvig Mylius-Erichsen was a Danish author, ethnologist, and explorer, from Ringkøbing. He was most notably an explorer of Greenland. With Count Harald Moltke and Knud Rasmussen he formed the Danish Literary expedition to West Greenland, and in the early stages discovered near Evigheds Fiord two... |
| Alabama expedition | 1909-12 | Northeast Greenland | Ejnar Mikkelsen Ejnar Mikkelsen Ejnar Mikkelsen , was a Danish polar explorer and author, born in Jutland. He served in the Georg Carl Amdrup expedition to Christian IX Land, East Greenland , and in the Baldwin-Ziegler expedition to Franz Joseph Land .With Ernest de Koven Leffingwell he organized the Anglo-American polar... |
| First Thule Expedition | 1912 | North Greenland | Knud Rasmussen and Peter Freuchen Peter Freuchen Peter Freuchen, born Lorenz Peter Elfred Freuchen was a Danish explorer, author, journalist and anthropologist.-Biography:... |
| Danish Expedition to Queen Louise Land | 1912-13 | Crossing the inland ice in North Greenland | J.P. Koch |
| Second Thule Expedition | 1916-18 | North Greenland | Knud Rasmussen |
| Third Thule Expedition | 1919 | North Greenland | Knud Rasmussen |
| Fourth Thule Expedition | 1919-20 | East Greenland | Knud Rasmussen |
| Bicentenary Jubilee Expedition | 1921–23 | North Greenland | Lauge Koch Lauge Koch Lauge Koch was a Danish geologist and Arctic explorer.He was the renowned leader of 24 Danish government expeditions to Greenland, and the central character in the Lauge Koch Controversy, an international and intra-national conflict... |
| Fifth Thule Expedition | 1921-24 | Knud Rasmussen | |
| Sixth Thule Expedition | 1931 | Northeast Greenland | Knud Rasmussen |
| Three-year Expedition to East Greenland Three-year Expedition to East Greenland The Three-year Expedition was an exploratory expedition to East Greenland that lasted from 1931 to 1934 financed by the Carlsberg Foundation and the Danish state. It was led by Lauge Koch. The other participants were Danish and Swedish geographers, geologists, archaeologists, zoologists and... |
1931-34 | East Greenland | Lauge Koch Lauge Koch Lauge Koch was a Danish geologist and Arctic explorer.He was the renowned leader of 24 Danish government expeditions to Greenland, and the central character in the Lauge Koch Controversy, an international and intra-national conflict... |
| Mørkefjord Expedition | 1938-39 | Northeast Greenland | Lauge Koch Lauge Koch Lauge Koch was a Danish geologist and Arctic explorer.He was the renowned leader of 24 Danish government expeditions to Greenland, and the central character in the Lauge Koch Controversy, an international and intra-national conflict... |
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