Exploration Exploration The 1421 theory of the Chinese discovery of the Americas originates from former British Royal Navy submarine commander Gavin Menzies. In his book, 1421: The Year China Discovered The World, Menzies suggests that ships commanded by the Chinese captains Zhou Wen (周聞), Zhou Man (周滿), Yang Qing (楊慶) and Hong Bao (洪保), in the fleet of Emperor Zhu Di's (朱棣) Admiral Zheng He (鄭和), travelled to many parts of the world during the Ming Dynasty era from 1421 to 1423, before the Europeans 'discovered' these places. ...more on Wikipedia about "1421 hypothesis"
The so-called Age of Discovery was a period from the early 15th century and continuing into the early 17th century, during which European ships traveled around the world to search for new trading routes and partners to feed burgeoning capitalism in Europe. In the process, Europeans encountered peoples and mapped lands previously unknown to them. Among the most famous explorers of the period were Christopher Columbus, Vasco da Gama, Pedro Álvares Cabral, John Cabot, Yermak, Juan Ponce de León, and Ferdinand Magellan. ...more on Wikipedia about "Age of Discovery"
Alfred Thomas Agate (born February 14, 1812, in Sparta, New York; died January 5, 1846, Washington, D.C.) was a noted American artist, painter and miniaturist. ...more on Wikipedia about "Alfred Thomas Agate"
La Casa de Contratación (The House of Trade) was a government agency under the Spanish Empire of the 16th and 17th centuries, which attempted to control all Spanish exploration and colonization. Unlike the East India Companies, chartered companies established by the Dutch, English, and others, La Casa collected all colonial taxes and duties, approved all voyages of exploration and trade, secretted information on trade routes, licensed captains, and administered commercial law. In theory, no Spaniard could sail anywhere without the approval of La Casa, but in reality corruption and smuggling were common. ...more on Wikipedia about "Casa de Contratación"
The Challenger Expedition was a scientific expedition that made many discoveries to lay the foundation of oceanography. Prompted by Charles Wyville Thomson of Edinburgh University, the Royal Society of London obtained the use of a ship, HMS Challenger, from the Royal Navy and, between 1870 and 1872, modified it for scientific work, equipping it with separate laboratories for natural history and chemistry. ...more on Wikipedia about "Challenger expedition"
To circumnavigate a place, such as an island, a continent, or the Earth, is to travel all the way around it by boat or ship. More recently, the term has also been used to cover aerial round-the-world flights. See also modern circumnavigation. ...more on Wikipedia about "Circumnavigation"
El Dorado ( Spanish for "the gilded one") is a legend that began with the story of a South American tribal chief who covered himself with gold dust. ...more on Wikipedia about "El Dorado (legend)"
Exploration is the act of searching or traveling for the purpose of discovery, e.g. of unknown regions, including space ( space exploration), or oil, gas, coal, ores, caves, water (also known as prospecting), or information. ...more on Wikipedia about "Exploration"
The exploration of Mars has been an important part of the space exploration missions of the Soviet Union (later Russia), the United States, Europe, and Japan. Dozens of unmanned spacecraft, including orbiters, landers, and rovers, have been launched toward Mars since the 1960s. These missions were aimed at gathering data and answering questions about the red planet and its past that may yield further insight into Earth's past, present, and future. ...more on Wikipedia about "Exploration of Mars"
(Exploration of the High Alps) Before January 1, 1858 ...more on Wikipedia about "Exploration of the High Alps"
:This article lists the explorations in history. For the documentary 'Explorations, powered by Duracell', see Explorations (TV) ...more on Wikipedia about "Explorations"
Enrique of Malacca (“Henry the Black”) or Enrique de Malaca, may be historically significant as the first person to circumnavigate the world. He was never to be honored for so doing. Henry was the slave and interpreter of Magellan to the natives in the Philippines. ...more on Wikipedia about "Henry the Black"
The Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition was a major exploration undertaking led by Sir Ernest Shackleton that consisted in attempting to make the first crossing of the Antarctic continent from the Weddell Sea to the Ross Sea. ...more on Wikipedia about "Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition"
Joara was a large Native American settlement located in what is now Burke County, North Carolina. The location of the archaeological site is northwest of Morganton on Henderson Mill Road and portions have been excavated by the Upper Catawba Valley Archaeology Project, consisting of archaeologists from Warren Wilson College, Southern Illinois University, and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. ...more on Wikipedia about "Joara"
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The list of explorers below is sorted by surname. ...more on Wikipedia about "List of explorers"
Mountain men were trappers and explorers that roamed the Rocky Mountains from about 1810 to the early 1840s. These were primarily beaver trappers but included some who mainly wanted to explore the West. ...more on Wikipedia about "Mountain men"
The Narváez Expedition was a Spanish attempt, in 1527– 1528, to install Pánfilo de Narváez as adelantado (governor) of Florida. ...more on Wikipedia about "Narváez expedition"
The Northwest Passage is a route from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean through the Arctic archipelago of Canada. ...more on Wikipedia about "Northwest Passage"
Ocean exploration is a part of oceanography describing more generally the exploration of ocean surfaces. It is also the period when people explored the ocean boundaries. Notable explorers include: the Greeks, the Egyptians, the Polynesians, the Phoenicians, Phytheas, Herodotus, the Vikings, Vasco da Gama, Ferdinand Magellan, and Christopher Columbus. Travel on the surface of the ocean through the use of boats dates back to prehistoric times, but only in modern times has extensive underwater exploration become possible. Scientific investigations began with such early scientists as James Cook, Charles Darwin and Edmund Halley. Ocean exploration itself coincided with the developments in shipbuilding, diving, navigation, depth measurement, exploration and cartography. ...more on Wikipedia about "Ocean exploration"
The Roosevelt-Rondon Scientific Expedition was jointly lead by Theodore Roosevelt and Candido Rondon in 1913- 1914 to be the first explorers of the 1000-mile long "River of Doubt" (later renamed Rio Roosevelt) located in a remote area of the Brazilian Amazon basin. Sponsored in part by the American Museum of Natural History, they also collected many new animal and insect specimens. ...more on Wikipedia about "Roosevelt-Rondon Scientific Expedition"
The Second Kamchatka expedition was led by Vitus Bering after being chosen by Peter I to lead the first Kamchatka expedition. The second expedition lasted roughly from 1733- 1741. The goal of the expedition was to find and map the eastern reaches of Siberia, and to hopefully continue onto the western shores of North America to map them, as well. ...more on Wikipedia about "Second Kamchatka expedition" Simply shortopedia!
Sierra del Plata (a term in archaic Spanish meaning "mountain range of silver"), was a legendary treasury of silver that was believed to be located in South America. The legend probably originated when the European survivors of a shipwreck were given abundant gifts of silver by the native peoples. In the early 16th century, the estuary of the Uruguay and Paraná rivers was named by the Spaniards Río de la Plata ("river of silver", sometimes referred to in English as the "River Plate") because it was at first believed to be a river that led to the Sierra del Plata. Although there is no evidence that any such mountain range of silver ever existed, the region around the Río de la Plata was indeed rich in silver mines. The modern country of Argentina takes its name from the Latin word for silver, argentum. ...more on Wikipedia about "Sierra del Plata"
The Strait of Anián was the 16th century Spanish name for the Northwest Passage that supposedly connected the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Ocean in the temperate or tropic regions of North America. It was based on the idea that North America was not a continent but a large archipelago. Such a strait does not in fact, exist, although the Northwest Passage itself was discovered in the 20th century through the Canadian Arctic islands. ...more on Wikipedia about "Strait of Anián"
The United States Exploring Expedition was an exploring and surveying expedition of the Pacific Ocean ("the Southern Seas") conducted by the United States Navy from 1838-1842. The voyage, authorized by Congress in 1836, is commonly called the Wilkes Expedition in honor of its commanding officer, U.S. Navy Lt. Charles Wilkes (1798-1877). The expedition was of major importance to the growth of science in the United States. ...more on Wikipedia about "United States Exploring Expedition, 1838-1842"
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