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Mind Blowing Images of History’s First Explorers
As humans, we are curious creatures who would go to lengths to find life’s many secrets. So it was natural that as soon as we had the right equipment, we went exploring…
American History
10 Unknown Explorers Who Blew Open the Door to the American West for the Entire World
"Go West Young Man" is a phrase usually attributed to Horace Greeley, although some historians argue that Greeley was repeating…
American History
The Age of Discovery: 12 Adventurers Who Explored North America
The North American continent provided opportunity for the curious. The continent had been inhabited by native peoples, but it was…
General
Today in History: Ferdinand Magellan Dies (1521)
Ferdinand Magellan was a sixteenth-century Portuguese noble who fought for Portugal in wars against Muslims in the Indian Ocean region…