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An adventurer or adventuress is a term that usually takes one of three meanings: Image File history File links Question_book-3. ... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 630 × 600 pixelsFull resolution‎ (791 × 753 pixels, file size: 139 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)This is a pre 1978 image that I believe has no copyright and therefore in the public domain This image is in the public domain... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 630 × 600 pixelsFull resolution‎ (791 × 753 pixels, file size: 139 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)This is a pre 1978 image that I believe has no copyright and therefore in the public domain This image is in the public domain...

• One whose travels are unusual and often exotic, though not so unique as to qualify as exploration.
• One who lives by their wits.
• One who takes part in a risky or speculative course of action for profit or position.

In fiction, the adventurer figure or Picaro may be regarded as a descendant of the knight-errant of Medieval romance. Like the knight, the adventurer roams through episodic encounters, usually involving wealth, romance, or fighting. Unlike the knight, the adventurer was a realistic figure, often lower class or otherwise impoverished, who is forced to make his way to fortune, often by deceit. The picaresque novel originated in Spain in the middle of the fifteenth century. Novels such as Lazarillo de Tormes were influential across Europe. Throughout the eighteenth century, a great number of novels featured bold, amoral, adventuring protagonists, who made their way into wealth and happiness, sometimes with and sometimes without the moral conversion that generally accompanies the Spanish model. Explorer redirects here. ... The picaresque novel (Spanish: picaresca, from pícaro, for rogue or rascal) is a popular subgenre of prose fiction which is usually satirical and depicts in realistic and often humorous detail the adventures of a roguish hero of low social class who lives by his or her wits in a... A knight errant is a figure of Medieval romantic chivalric literature. ... The Middle Ages formed the middle period in a traditional schematic division of European history into three ages: the classical civilization of Antiquity, the Middle Ages, and modern times. ... As a literary genre, romance or chivalric romance refers to a style of heroic prose and verse narrative current in Europe from the Middle Ages to the Renaissance. ... The picaresque novel (Spanish: picaresco, from pícaro, for rogue or rascal) is a popular style of novel that originated in Spain and flourished in Europe in the 17th and 18th centuries and has continued to influence modern literature. ... Title page of the 1554 edition The Life of Lazarillo de Tormes and of His Fortunes and Adversities is a Spanish novel, published anonymously, 1554, in Alcalá de Henares in Spain, and, in 1557, in Antwerp, Flanders, then under Spanish rule. ...

Under Victorian morality the term, used without qualifiers, came to imply a person of low moral character, often someone trying to marry for money (Lord Barkis Bitteren of the movie Corpse Bride is such a character). Victoria Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Empress of India Victorian morality is a distillation of the moral views of people living at the time of Queen Victoria (reigned 1837 - 1901) in particular, and to the moral climate of Great Britain throughout the 19th century in... Moral character or character is an evaluation of an individuals moral qualities. ... Tim Burtons Corpse Bride is a 2005 Academy Award-nominated stop-motion-animation film based loosely on a 19th century Russian-Jewish folktale version of an older Jewish story and set in a fictional Victorian era England. ...

In comic book handbooks such as Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe and Who's Who: The Definitive Directory of the DC Universe, the term "adventurer" is used as a synonym for "super-hero" when listing a character's occupation. The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe, also known as OHOTMU, is a guide which attempts to detail the fictional universe of Marvel Comics. ... Super Hero is a ska band based out of Layton, Utah. ...

In role-playing games, the player characters are often professional adventurers, who earn wealth and fame by adventure, such as undertaking hazardous missions, exploring ruins, and slaying monsters. This stereotype is strong enough that the adventurers can often be used as a synonym for the player characters. However non-player character groups of adventurers can also exist, and can be an interesting encounter for the players. This article is about traditional role-playing games. ... This article or section should include material from Playable character A player character or playable character (PC for short) is a fictional character in a game, usually a role-playing game (RPG), that is controlled by one of the players. ... Look up adventure in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... An NPC from the video game The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion. ...

See also: adventure. Look up adventure in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

List of adventurers

Historical adventurers

• Captain John Smith
• Bartholomew Gosnold
• Francisco de Miranda
• Edward Maria Wingfield
• Martha Jane "Calamity Jane" Canary-Burke
• Mata Hari
• Richard Francis Burton
• Jørgen Jørgensen
• T. E. Lawrence
• Che Guevara
• F.A. Mitchell-Hedges
• Alexander von Humboldt
• Ranald MacDonald
• Percy Fawcett
• Edward John Trelawny
• Marco Polo
• Count Alessandro di Cagliostro
• Roy Chapman Andrews
• James Holman

Statue at Jamestown VA, photo Aug 2007 Captain/Sir John Smith (1580–June 21, 1631), was an English soldier, sailor, and author. ... Bartholomew Gosnold (1572 - August 22, 1607) was an English lawyer, explorer, and privateer. ... Francisco de Miranda Sebastián Francisco de Miranda Rodríguez (commonly known as Francisco de Miranda March 28, 1750 – July 14, 1816) was a South American revolutionary whose own plan for the independence of the Spanish American colonies failed, but who is regarded as a forerunner of Simón Bol... Edward Maria Wingfield (born around 1560 in Stoneley (Huntingdonshire); died after 1613) was a soldier and English colonist in America. ... For the film, see Calamity Jane (1953 film) Calamity Jane at age 33. ... Mata Hari, exotic dancer and convicted spy, made her name synonymous with femme fatale during World War I. For the Indonesian supermarket/department store chain, see Matahari. ... For other persons named Richard Burton, see Richard Burton (disambiguation). ... Jørgen Jørgensen Jørgen Jørgensen (b. ... Lawrence of Arabia redirects here. ... Ernesto Guevara de la Serna (June 14,[1] 1928 – October 9, 1967), commonly known as Che Guevara, El Che or just Che was an Argentine-born Marxist revolutionary, medical doctor , political figure, and leader of Cuban and internationalist guerrillas. ... F.A. Mitchell-Hedges (22 October 1882 - June 1959) was an English adventurer, traveler, and writer. ... An 1859 portrait of Alexander von Humboldt by the artist Julius Schrader, showing Mount Chimborazo in the background. ... Ranald MacDonald, in Nagasaki, Japan. ... Colonel Percy Harrison Fawcett (1867 – presumably 1925) was a British archaeologist and explorer. ... Edward John Trelawny (1792–1881), biographer, entered the Royal Navy, from which, however, he deserted, after which he wandered about in the East and on the Continent. ... Marco Polo (September 15, 1254[1] – January 9, 1324 at earliest but no later than June 1325[2]) was a Venetian trader and explorer who gained fame for his worldwide travels, recorded in the book Il Milione (The Million or The Travels of Marco Polo). ... Count Alessandro di Cagliostro (June 2, 1743 – August 26, 1795) was a traveller, occultist and Freemason. ... Roy Chapman Andrews (January 26, 1884–March 11, 1960) was an American explorer, adventurer and naturalist who became the director of the American Museum of Natural History, primarily known for leading a series of expeditions through the fragmented China of the early 20th century into the Gobi Desert and Mongolia. ... James Holman, in an 1830 Royal Society portrait by George Chinnery painted in Canton (modern-day Guangzhou). ...

Modern adventurers

• Les Stroud
• Bear Grylls
• Steve Fossett
• Mike Horn
• Benedict Allen
• Michael Snell
• John Goddard (adventurer)
• Thor Heyerdahl
• Heinrich Harrer
• George Kourounis
• Robert Young Pelton
• Ed Viesturs
• Brandon Reynolds
• Sir Peter Blake
• Ranulph Fiennes
• Rory Maclean
• Bertrand Piccard
• David Mayer de Rothschild
• Stein P. Aasheim
• Andrew Paxton

Les Stroud (Born October 20, 1962 in Mimico, Ontario[1][2]) is a Canadian musician, film maker, and survival enthusiast best known as the host of the television program Survivorman. ... Edward Michael Bear Grylls (born 7 June 1974), known as Bear Grylls, is a British mountaineer, adventurer, author, television presenter, and motivational speaker. ... James Stephen Fossett (born April 22, 1944) is an American aviator, sailor and adventurer who has been missing since September 3, 2007. ... Mike Horn (born 16 July 1966) is a South African explorer. ... Benedict Allen (born 1960) is a British explorer. ... John Goddard wrote down 127 goals to accomplish when he was 15 years of age and has spent his life accomplishing up to 109 of them. ... Thor Heyerdahl Thor Heyerdahl (October 6, 1914, in Larvik, Norway – April 18, 2002, in Colla Micheri, Italy) was a Norwegian ethnographer and adventurer with a scientific background in zoology and geography. ... Heinrich Harrer Heinrich Harrer (July 6, 1912 – January 7, 2006) was an Austrian mountaineer, sportsman, geographer, and author. ... George Kourounis is Canadas most active storm chaser and is also a renowned global adventurer. ... Robert Young Pelton ©Spencer Mandell. ... Ed Viesturs Ed Viesturs (born June 22, 1959), is one of the worlds premier high-altitude mountaineers. ... There have been several notable individuals named Peter Blake. ... Sir Ranulph Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes, 3rd Baronet OBE (born 7 March 1944), usually known simply as Ranulph (Ran) Fiennes, is a British adventurer and holder of several endurance records. ... Rory MacLean is a Canadian travel writer living in the UK whose best known works are Stalin’s Nose, a black and surreal travelogue through eastern Europe after the fall of the Berlin Wall, and Magic Bus, a history of the Asia Overland hippie trail. ... Dr. Bertrand Piccard (born March 1, 1958) is a Swiss psychiatrist and balloonist born in Lausanne, Vaud canton, on March 1, 1958. ... David Mayer de Rothschild (born 25 August 1978) is a British adventurer and environmentalist who is head of Adventure Ecology, an expedition group raising awareness about climate change. ...

Fictional adventurers

• Conan the Barbarian
• Lara Croft
• Robin Hood
• Indiana Jones
• MacGyver
• Rick O'Connell
• Xena of Amphipolis
• Jack Flanders
• Allan Quatermain
• Han Solo
• Doc Savage
• Lord Asriel
• Corto Maltese
• Sir Harry Flashman
• Steve Zissou