Anthony de la Roché (spelled also Antoine de la Roché, Antonio de la Roché or Antonio de la Roca in some sources) was a 17th-century English maritime...

South Georgia was probably discovered in 1675 by Anthony de la Roché, a London merchant, and was named Roche Island on a number of early maps. It was sighted...

Antarctic fur seals also breed here. The islands, possibly seen first by Anthony de la Roché in April 1675, were discovered in 1775 by a British expedition under...

was the island of South Georgia, visited by the English merchant Anthony de la Roché in 1675. Although such myths and speculation about a Terra Australis...

northern polar region. The Antarctic Convergence was first crossed by Anthony de la Roché in 1675 and Edmond Halley in 1700, and first described by the British...

Bird (2000). Roché was born in Paris to a Scottish mother, Gail (née Stewart), and a French father, Philippe Roché. From age 12 to 18, Roché lived on a...

December 2009. Anthony de la Roché may have sighted Beauchene Island as early as April 1675. However this is by no means certain: de la Roché had rounded...

de la Roché discovered South Georgia in 1675. Anthony de la Roché Roché Glacier  This article incorporates public domain material from "Roché Peak"....

2008 at the Wayback Machine "Memoirs and Travels of Mauritius Augustus Count de Benyowsky: Consisting of His Military Operations in Poland, His Exile into...

– The Antarctic Convergence is first crossed by English merchant Anthony de la Roché, who lands on South Georgia. October 29 – German polymath Gottfried...

Harrison Matthews, Drygalski Fjord might have been the place where Anthony de la Roché spent two weeks during his stay in the island in April 1675. Nattriss...

territory to be discovered. It was first visited in 1675 by Antoine de la Roché, an English merchant born in London to a French father. He left Hamburg...

without permission. The summit of the island, Roché Peak, is named after the Englishman Anthony de la Roché who discovered South Georgia in 1675. Farewell...

of South Georgia, which had been explored by the English merchant Anthony de la Roché in 1675. Cook also discovered and named Clerke Rocks and the South...

of South Georgia was first sighted and visited in April 1675 by Anthony de la Roché, a London merchant and (despite his French name) an Englishman, who...

Chaplin Jan Cheek Gerry Clark D.J. Coleman James Cook Finn Dahlberg Anthony de la Roché S. Duse Viktor Esbensen Wilhelm Filchner A.I. Fleuret Georg Forster...

Antarctica Anthony de la Roché who discovered the first land in the Antarctic region (Roché Island, present South Georgia) in 1675. Roché Glacier is centred...

any continuous southern continent. The visit to South Georgia by Anthony de la Roché in 1675 was the first-ever discovery of land south of the Antarctic...

Diego Alvarez. According to some historians, the British merchant Anthony de la Roché was the first to land on the island, in the austral autumn of 1675...

country agreed to refrain from trading in the other's territory. 1675: Anthony de la Roché (England) discovers South Georgia. 1684: William Dampier: 34  and...

Missouri River. 1675 – During a commercial voyage, English merchant Anthony de la Roché accidentally discovers South Georgia Island, the first ever discovery...

de los Estados disproving earlier beliefs that it was part of Terra Australis. The visit to South Georgia by the English merchant Anthony de la Roché...

Trịnh Tạc upon the death of Lê Gia Tông. April – English merchant Anthony de la Roché, blown off course after rounding Cape Horn eastabout, makes the first...

destroyed by the Great Fire of London in 1666. April – English merchant Anthony de la Roché, blown off course after rounding Cape Horn eastabout, makes the first...

James Cook in January 1775, having been previously discovered by Anthony de la Roché. However, the British did little to enforce this claim until 1843...

1620: Mayflower 1638: Nuestra Señora de la Concepción 1654: Jewish arrival in New Amsterdam 1675: Anthony de la Roché 1707: Scilly naval disaster 1770: First...

expedition disproves beliefs that Isla de los Estados was part of Terra Australis. 1675 – Anthony de la Roché discovers South Georgia (54°15′00″S 36°45′00″W...

Andrew Christian LaRoche (born September 13, 1983) is an American former professional baseball third baseman. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB)...

merchant voyager Anthony de la Roché visited South Georgia (the first Antarctic land discovered); in 1739 the Frenchman Jean-Baptiste Bouvet de Lozier discovered...

India Company enters the Atlantic slave trade. 1675 English merchant Anthony de la Roché is blown off course and seeks refuge in a bay of the South Atlantic...