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Encyclopedia > Explorations

This article lists the explorations in history. For the documentary 'Explorations, powered by Duracell', see Explorations (TV)


Some most important explorations (in chronological order) :

Exploration When Who (explorer)
Around western Europe to Thule Island about 330 BC Pytheas of Marsailles
the Middle East and India 325-280 BC Alexander the Great
Greenland 900 Gunnbjoern
Silk Road 1274-1292 Marco Polo
Congo River 1482 Diego Cao
Cape of Good Hope 1488 Bartolomeu Dias
America 1492 Christopher Columbus
Sea route to India 1497-1498 Vasco da Gama
Caribbean 1493-1502 Christopher Columbus
Jamaica 1494 Christopher Columbus
Mexico and Central America 1519-1524 Hernán Cortés
Peru and Ecuador 1531-1534 Francisco Pizarro
Around the Globe 1519-1522 Ferdinand Magellan
Timor 1522 Juan Sebastián Elcano
Inca Empire 1531-1534 Francisco Pizarro
the North 1574-1631 Henry Hudson
the North 1594-1597 Willem Barents
Oceania 1642-1643 Abel Tasman
Oceania 1768-1779 James Cook
North Pacific, western Alaska, east shores of Asia 1771 Moric Benovsky
Hawaiian Islands 1778 James Cook
Central America and Latin America 1799-1803 Alexander von Humboldt
North America 1804-1806 Lewis and Clark Expedition
Africa 1849-1863 David Livingstone
the North Pole 06-04-1909 Robert Peary
the South Pole 15-12-1911 Roald Amundsen
the South Pole 18-01-1912 Robert Falcon Scott
the Moon 1969 Apollo 11

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NOAA Ocean Explorer: Explorations (2813 words)
Russian-U.S. Arctic Census 2004 (July-August) A team of U.S. and Russian scientists embarked on an exploration of the Bering and Chukchi Seas, an area thought be particularly sensitive to global climate change.
Islands in the Stream 2002 (July - August) was a mission to characterize deep reef habitats along the continental shelf break and slope from the eastern coast of Florida to North Carolina - an area known as the 'South Atlantic Bight'.
Hudson Canyon (August - September) An exploration team mapped a significant portion of the slope and rise to the east and west of the Hudson Canyon, off New York and New Jersey.
University of Maine, Academic and Career Exploration Program (551 words)
Undecided students who are also invited to join the Honors College are welcome to apply to Explorations for admission rather than to one of the baccalaureate degree colleges at the University of Maine.
Explorations Honor students will be given the opportunity to assess their abilities, interests, and goals while investigating the University’s various degree programs and numerous resources.
Students who are offered admission to Explorations rather than to their first choice of college or major are encouraged to take full advantage of this admission opportunity.
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