List of lost expeditions
This article is about missing expeditions. For a listing of individual lost explorers, see List of lost explorers.
This is a list of lost expeditions.
List
Expeditions with all parties presumed lost
Name | Leader | Year lost | Region | Comments |
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Vivaldi expedition | Vandino and Ugolino Vivaldi | 1291 | Morocco (North Africa) | ![]() |
Abubakari expedition | Abubakari II | 1311 | Atlantic Ocean | ![]() |
Ferrer Expedition | Jaume Ferrer | 1346 | Cape Bojador (Western Sahara) | ![]() |
Cabot's final expedition | John Cabot | 1499 | Atlantic Ocean | ![]() |
Corte-Real expedition | Gaspar Corte-Real | 1501 | Labrador (Canada) | ![]() |
Corte-Real rescue expedition | Miguel Corte-Real | 1502 | Atlantic Ocean | ![]() |
Knight expedition | James Knight | 1721 | Marble Island (Canadian Arctic) | ![]() |
Lapérouse expedition | Jean-François de Galaup, comte de Lapérouse | 1788 | Victoria Strait (Oceana) | ![]() |
Houghton expedition | Daniel Houghton | 1791 | Sahara (North Africa) | ![]() |
Bass expedition | George Bass | 1803 | Pacific Ocean | ![]() |
Franklin's lost expedition | John Franklin | 1845 | Victoria Strait (Canadian Arctic) | ![]() |
Leichhardt expedition | Ludwig Leichhardt | 1848 | McPherson's Station, Coogoon (Western Australia) | ![]() |
Vogel expedition | Eduard Vogel | 1856 | Wadai (Central Africa) | ![]() |
Terra Nova Expedition | Robert Falcon Scott | 1913 | Antarctica | ![]() |
Rusanov expedition | Vladimir Rusanov | 1913 | Kara Sea (Arctic) | ![]() |
Fawcett expedition | Percy Fawcett | 1925 | Dead Horse Camp (Brazil) | ![]() |
Sea Dragon expedition | Richard Halliburton | 1939 | near Midway Island (Pacific Ocean) | ![]() |
Expeditions with one or more surviving members
Name | Leader | Year lost | Region | Comments |
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Grindell expedition | Thomas F. Grindell | 1905 | Sonoran Desert (Tiburón Island) | ![]() |
Brusilov expedition | Georgy Brusilov | 1913 | Kara Sea (Arctic) | ![]() |
References
- Wright, Ed. Lost Explorers: Adventurers Who Disappeared Off The Face Of The Earth. Millers Point, Australia: Pier 9, 2008. ISBN 1-7419-6139-4
Further reading
- Balkan, Evan. Vanished!: Explorers Forever Lost. Birmingham, Alabama: Menasha Ridge Press, 2008. ISBN 0-89732-983-X
External links
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