Dirk Gerritsz

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Dirk Gerritsz was a Dutch sailor and privateer.

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Gerritsz took part in a plundering expedition to India in 1599 by way of the Straits of Magellan. He is said to have been blown out of his course after passing the straits and to have found himself at latitude (64°S), where he observed a high land covered with snow. This is assumed to be the South Shetland Islands. However, historians place the account of the voyage in doubt.[1]

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Amundsen, Roald. The South Pole


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