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    Novaya Zemlya 1908–1909: expedition led by Robert Peary also claims reaching the North Pole first 1909–1912: The Alabama expedition to northeast Greenland...
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    leading the first European expedition deep into the territory of the modern-day United States (through Florida, Georgia, Alabama, North Carolina, South Carolina...
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    were the first Europeans to reach Alabama during their exploration of North America in the 16th century. The expedition of Hernando de Soto passed through...
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    extended into Alabama. The other primary chiefdom encountered by the expedition was that of Tuscaluza. The peoples encountered in Alabama were likely the...
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    nunatak was named by Ejnar Mikkelsen after his ship during the 1909-12 Alabama Expedition. Mikkelsen and Iver Iversen went up the Storstrommen to reach the...
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    In 1913, Mikkelsen dedicated his book, Being the story of the 'Alabama' expedition, 1909-1912 to Amdrup. Amdrup Land (80°54′58″N 16°34′59″W / 80.916°N...
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    the Georg Carl Amdrup expedition to Christian IX Land in East Greenland. He then served in the Baldwin-Ziegler North Pole Expedition to Franz Joseph Land...
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    including western and central Kentucky, western Tennessee, and northern Alabama and Mississippi. Sites in this area often contain large ceremonial platform...
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  • expeditions to Greenland that contributed to the cartography of the territory. Geography of Greenland Arctic exploration List of Arctic expeditions Vahl...
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    northwest corner of the U.S. state of Georgia, the northeast corner of Alabama, and along the southeastern Tennessee state line in Chattanooga. Lookout...
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  • : Explorers Forever Lost. Birmingham, Alabama: Menasha Ridge Press, 2008. ISBN 0-89732-983-X Famous Expeditions That Fell Off the Map at History.com [dead...
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    maps. Two years later Ejnar Mikkelsen (1880–1971), leader of the Alabama expedition, assumed that the channel existed, until he found Mylius-Erichsen's...
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    Chief Tuscaloosa, located in inland Alabama, well to the north of the current site of Mobile. The next large expedition was that of Tristán de Luna y Arellano...
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    Tuskaloosa (category Native American history of Alabama)
    Georgia, South Carolina and Alabama, often engaging in violent conflict with the indigenous peoples. As they traveled, the expedition kidnapped natives to act...
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    Muscle Shoals is the largest city in Colbert County, Alabama, United States. It is located on the left bank of the Tennessee River in the northern part...
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    150km 100miles Auburn Alabama    The Alabama–Auburn football rivalry, better known as the Iron Bowl, is an American college football rivalry game between...
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    Chatty. The first Europeans to travel through central Alabama were Hernando de Soto and his expedition, who in 1540 recorded going through Ikanatchati and...
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    CSS Alabama was a screw sloop-of-war built in 1862 for the Confederate States Navy. The vessel was built in Birkenhead on the River Mersey opposite Liverpool...
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  • Expedition Unknown is an American reality television series produced by Ping Pong Productions, that follows explorer, archeologist and television presenter...
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    The Pike Expedition (July 15, 1806 – July 1, 1807) was a military party sent out by President Thomas Jefferson and authorized by the United States government...
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    Hernando de Soto. In 1539 he made an arduous expedition along the Coosa, Alabama and Tombigbee rivers. The Alabama region at the period of European contact...
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    Pike County is a county located in the U.S. state of Alabama. As of the 2020 census the population was 33,009. Its county seat is Troy. Its name is in...
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    moh-BEEL, French: [mɔbil] ) is a city and the county seat of Mobile County, Alabama, United States. The population was 187,041 at the 2020 census. After a...
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    2020. Retrieved July 21, 2020. "State Flag of Alabama". Alabama Emblems, Symbols and Honors. Alabama Department of Archives & History. April 27, 2006...
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    Sylacauga is a city in Talladega County, Alabama, United States. At the 2020 census, the population was 12,578. Sylacauga is known for its fine white...
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    moh-BEEL) is a county located in the southwestern corner of the U.S. state of Alabama. It is the third-most populous county in the state after Jefferson and...
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  • River Expedition, also known as the Freeman–Custis Expedition, Freeman Red River Expedition, Sparks Expedition, and officially Exploring Expedition of Red...
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    Childersburg is a city in Talladega County in the U.S. state of Alabama. It was incorporated in 1889. At the 2020 census, the population was 4,754. It...
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    of the Titanic. In 2022, the price to be a passenger on an OceanGate expedition to the Titanic shipwreck was $250,000 per person. On June 18, 2023, Titan...
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  • Mikkelsen described this mountain as a pyramid during the 1909-12 Alabama Expedition: Fifty miles or more away we can see the steep slopes of Lambert Land...
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