This is a list of recognised pioneering expeditions to Greenland that contributed to the cartography of the territory.
Expedition | Year(s) | Area | Leader | |
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1472 | Southeast Greenland | Didrik Pining and Hans Pothorst | ||
Third Northwest Passage Voyage | 1578 | South Greenland | Martin Frobisher | |
Danish Allday Expedition | 1579 | South Greenland | James Allday | |
Danish Heinason Expedition | 1581 | South Greenland | Magnus Heinason[1] | |
John Davis' Expeditions to the Northwest Passage | Southwest Greenland | John Davis | ||
Christian IV's Expeditions | 1605–1607 | Southeast Greenland | ||
Hall Expedition | 1612 | Southwest Greenland | James Hall and William Baffin | |
English Button Expedition | 1612–1613 | Southwest Greenland | Josias Hubert | |
Baffin Expedition | 1616 | West Greenland | William Baffin | |
Walløe Expedition | 1751–1753 | Southeast Greenland | Peder Olsen Walløe | |
Ross Expedition | 1818 | Northwest Greenland | John Ross | |
Scoresby's Voyage to the Northern Whale-Fishery in the Baffin of Liverpool | 1822 | East Greenland | William Scoresby | |
Commissioners for the Discovery of the Longitude at Sea Expedition | 1823 | East Greenland | Douglas Charles Clavering and Edward Sabine | |
Graah Expedition | 1828–1830 | Southeast Greenland | W. A. Graah | |
La Lilloise Expedition | 1833 | Southeast Greenland | Jules de Blosseville | |
Inglefield Expedition | 1852 | Northwest Greenland | Edward Augustus Inglefield | |
First German North Polar Expedition | 1868 | Northeast Greenland | Carl Koldewey | |
Second German North Polar Expedition (Germania and Hansa) | 1869–1870 | Northeast Greenland | Carl Koldewey | |
British Arctic Expedition | 1875–1876 | North Greenland | George Nares | |
J. A. D. Jensen Expedition | 1878 | Inland ice in West Greenland | J. A. D. Jensen | |
Lady Franklin Bay Expedition | 1881-1884 | Nares Strait area in far northern Greenland | Adolphus Greely | |
Umiak Expedition | 1883–1885 | Southeast Greenland | Gustav Holm and Thomas Vilhelm Garde | |
Second Dickson expedition | 1883 | West Greenland and East Greenland at Ammasalik | Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld | |
Upernavik Mapping Expedition | 1886–1887 | Northwest Greenland | Carl Ryder | |
Nansen Expedition | 1888 | Across the inland ice | Fridtjof Nansen | |
Ryder's East Greenland Expedition | 1891–1892 | Scoresby Sund system | Carl Ryder | |
Peary's North Greenland Expeditions | 1891–1892 | North Greenland | Robert Peary | |
Swedish NW Greenland Expedition | 1892 | Northwest Greenland | Johan Alfred Björling | |
Peary's North Greenland Expeditions | 1893–1895 | North Greenland | Robert Peary | |
Ingolf Expedition | 1895–1896 | East Greenland | C.F. Wandel | |
Peary's Arctic Club Expedition | 1898–1902 | North Greenland | Robert Peary | |
Sverdrup Expedition | 1898 | Northwest Greenland | Otto Sverdrup | |
Carlsbergfund Expedition to East Greenland | 1898–1900 | Coast between Ammassalik Island and Scoresby Sound | G. C. Amdrup | |
Swedish Greenland Expedition to search for Andrée | 1899 | Northeast Greenland | Alfred Gabriel Nathorst | |
Literary Expedition | 1902–1904 | Northwest Greenland | Ludvig Mylius-Erichsen and Knud Rasmussen | |
Duke of Orléans Arctic Expedition | 1905 | Northeast Greenland | Prince Philippe, Duke of Orléans[2] | |
Denmark expedition | 1906–1908 | Northeast Greenland | Ludvig Mylius-Erichsen[3] | |
Alabama Expedition | 1909–1912 | Northeast Greenland | Ejnar Mikkelsen | |
First Thule Expedition | 1912 | North Greenland | Knud Rasmussen and Peter Freuchen | |
Second Swiss Expedition | 1912 | Across the inland ice | Alfred de Quervain | |
Danish Expedition to Queen Louise Land | 1912–1913 | Across the inland ice | J.P. Koch | |
Second Thule Expedition | 1916–1918 | North Greenland | Knud Rasmussen | |
Third Thule Expedition | 1919 | North Greenland | Knud Rasmussen | |
Fourth Thule Expedition | 1919–1920 | East Greenland | Knud Rasmussen | |
Bicentenary Jubilee Expedition | 1921–1923 | North Greenland | Lauge Koch | |
1929–1930 Expedition to East Greenland | 1929–1930 | Northeast Greenland | Lauge Koch | |
German Greenland Expedition | 1930–1931 | Across the inland ice | Alfred Wegener[4] | |
British Arctic Air Route Expedition | 1930–1931 | East Greenland | Gino Watkins | |
Sixth Thule Expedition | 1931 | Northeast Greenland | Knud Rasmussen | |
1932–1933 Greenland expedition | 1932–1933 | East Greenland | Gino Watkins until his death, then John Rymill | |
Gefion Expedition | 1932 | Northeast Greenland | Johannes Gerhardt Jennov and Alf Trolle | |
Scoresby Sund Committee's 2nd East Greenland Expedition | 1932 | East Greenland | ||
Three-year Expedition to East Greenland | 1931–1934 | East Greenland | Lauge Koch[5] | |
British East Greenland Expedition | 1935–1936 | East Greenland | Lawrence Wager | |
Cartographic Air Expedition | 1938 | North Greenland | Lauge Koch | |
Mørkefjord Expedition | 1938–1939 | Northeast Greenland | Eigil Knuth | |
Norwegian-French Expedition | 1938–1939 | Northeast Greenland | Gaston Micard | |
Danish Peary Land Expedition.[6] | 1947–1950 | North Greenland | Eigil Knuth | |
1952–1954 | North and Northeast Greenland | James Simpson | ||
1956–1958 Expedition to East Greenland | 1958–1959 | East Greenland | Lauge Koch |