# Native (pre-European) exploration beyond Tierra del Fuego

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**Created:** [May 17, 2016, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/native-pre-european-exploration-beyond-tierra-del-fuego/754986 "2016-05-17T12:03:51Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 17, 2016, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/native-pre-european-exploration-beyond-tierra-del-fuego/754986/1 "2016-05-17T12:03:51Z")

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Is there any evidence of native exploration beyond Tierra del Fuego? Did anyone reach the Falklands or South Georgia Islands, or anywhere near Antarctica?

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**Author:** ![Mops](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mops/32/16494_2.png) [@Mops](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mops)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2016, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/native-pre-european-exploration-beyond-tierra-del-fuego/754986/2 "2016-05-17T12:43:11Z")

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[This article](http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=5400340) offers some speculation with indirect evidence of people from Tierra del Fuego having been on the Falklands.