Soon after its inception, the museum started receiving items from the numerous excavations on the island, mainly run by British and European expeditions.
Despite his personal bravery, his impetuous leadership ended in disaster for the European expedition.
In 1989, Messner led a European expedition to the South Face of the mountain.
In doing so, he was to be the first documented European expedition to reach the eastern coastline.
Several more European expeditions explored the area around the park throughout the 1600s.
He led the first recorded European expedition to Cape Cod.
It was described independently by two scientists in 1955, using material brought back by different European expeditions to the same region.
He led the first European expedition to Florida, which he named.
Many European expeditions to plot the river were unsuccessful.
Abel Tasman led the first known European expedition to reach Tasmania.
