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On what date did the expedition see the land of Antarctica for the first time?

27 January 1820
15 December 1822
10 July 1819
10 November 1821

Answer

On January 27, 1820, a Russian expedition led by Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen and Mikhail Petrovich Lazarev saw the land of Antarctica for the first time. The expedition was the first to circumnavigate the continent and made several significant discoveries.