He was from Sweden.
he was the first man to reach the south-pole
The first white man was Marco Polo, but the first Asian man to set foot in Asia is obviously unknown.
the carrot was never invented it is not man made they were first grown in Antarctica
he wanted to be the first man to discover antarctica
Neil armstrong was the first man to step foot on the moon.
Fabian Gottlieb Benjamin von Bellingshausen was the first person to see the continent of Antarctica on the 27th January 1820. Some historians believe that John Davis, an American sealer, may have set foot on the Antarctic Peninsula in 1821, but even he was unsure if he landed on the continent itself or a nearby island.
Matthew Henson is not the first man to set foot on the moon, Neil Armstrong is
Neil Armstrong
July, 1969
Edwin Peary was the first to set foot on the North Pole.
Niel Alden Armstrong was the first man to set foot on the moon. look him up and you'll see some pictures of his foot print still there on the moon.
The American astronaut Neil Armstrong was the first man ever to walk on the moon.