1642.—Abel Tasman (Dut.) discovers Van Diemen’s Land (Tasmania) and New Zealand.
1643.—Vries (Dut.) explores eastern coast of Japan, Saghalien, and Kurile Island.
1645.—Deshnev (Cossack) rounds east cape of Asia from the Kolyma to the Anadyr.
1660.—French discover the lake region of the St. Lawrence.
1673.—Marquette and Joliet (Fr.) explore the Mississippi from the north.
1725-43.—Russians explore the coasts of Siberia.
1728 and 1741.—Bering (Dan.) and Tishirikov (Rus.) explore Bering Strait and the northwestern coast of America.
1768-79.—Capt. Cook (Eng.) voyages round the world. Surveys the Society Islands, Sandwich Islands, eastern coast of Australia, Cook Strait in New Zealand, Antarctic Ocean, northwestern coast of America, etc.
1770.—James Bruce (Scot.) discovers sources of the Blue Nile.
1770.—Liakhov (Rus.) discovers New Siberian Islands.