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Explorer Giovanni da Verrazano: The First European to Explore New England’s Atlantic Coast

By: Feature Writer William Silvester

David Douglas Botanical Expeditions: Douglas Fir Tree Named for Explorer from Scotland

By: Feature Writer Kathleen Airdrie

What Happened to Amelia Earhart? The Unexplained Disappearance of Famous American Aviator and Author

By: Scott Hayden

Celebrating Columbus Day: Remembering Christopher Columbus

By: Janice Therese Mancuso

India Adventure Trip, Sikkim and Rhododendrons: Botanical Treks of Joseph Dalton Hooker in the Himalayas

By: Feature Writer Lito Apostolakou

Aime Tschiffely's Ride Across the Americas: The Most Famous Equestrain Long Rider of the Twentieth Century

By: Lynda Osborne

Neil Armstrong – American Astronaut: First Man to Walk on the Moon

By: Matthew Pizzolato

Ferdinand Magellan – Sailor and Explorer: Discoverer of the Pacific Ocean

By: Matthew Pizzolato

Amelia Earhart - American Pilot: Aviation and Woman’s Advocate

By: Matthew Pizzolato

John Charles Fremont – American Pathfinder: Explorer and Civil War General

By: Matthew Pizzolato

Christopher Kit Carson – American Explorer: Western Hero and Legend

By: Matthew Pizzolato

Meriwether Lewis - A Life Cut Short: Primary American Explorer of the Louisiana Purchase

By: Feature Writer Jeannie Delahunt

Juan Sebastian de Elcano: The First European to Circumnavigate the Earth

By: Grant Sebastian Nell

Ibn Battutta: The Most Acclaimed Arab Traveller

By: Grant Sebastian Nell

Henry Hudson, Explorer: Led Dutch Colonization in the New World

By: Feature Writer William Silvester

Pilot Punch Dickins Canadian Aviation Pioneer: Bomber Aviator, Flight Instructor, Northern Canada Explorer

By: Feature Writer Kathleen Airdrie

Ponce de Leon and the Fountain of Youth: Spanish Explorer was the First European in Florida

By: Feature Writer William Silvester

Frontiersman Daniel Boone: American Explorer and Pioneer

By: Matthew Pizzolato

Fridtjof Nansen: Explorer, Diplomat, and Humanitarian

By: Barry Vale

Leif Ericsson and the Mystery of Vinland: Tracing the Adventures of a Nordic Explorer

By: Monica Resendes

Egyptian Treasures and Belzoni the Strongman: Ramesses II, Tomb of Seti I, Second Pyramid of Giza

By: Feature Writer Lito Apostolakou

Belzoni, An Egyptian Archaeologist at the Circus: Adventures of a 19th-Century Explorer

By: Feature Writer Lito Apostolakou

Captain Joshua Slocum (1844 – 1909): A Life At Sea

By: Jo Lamb-White

Ancient Explorers: The Expedition of Pytheas the Greek

By: Feature Writer Lito Apostolakou

Etienne Brûlé: Early explorer of the Canadian wilderness

By: Feature Writer William Silvester

Ernest Shackleton (1874-1922): A Short Biography

By: Jo Lamb-White

Jean-François de La Roche de Roberval: His Colony in New France Failed

By: Feature Writer William Silvester

Henry Kelsey of Hudson's Bay Company: Explored Canada from York Factory to Vast Plains with Native People

By: Feature Writer Kathleen Airdrie

John Cabot, Explorer: After Columbus he found North America

By: Feature Writer William Silvester

Jacques Cartier: French Explorer Who Discovered the St. Lawrence River

By: Feature Writer William Silvester

Frontier Legend David Crockett: Davy Crockett - King of the Wild Frontier

By: Matthew Pizzolato

Gil Eannes: Explorer for Prince Henry the Navigator

By: Feature Writer William Silvester

Prince Henry the Navigator: Portugal's Early Exploration of Africa

By: Feature Writer William Silvester

Shackleton's James Caird Endurance: Shipwrecked Antarctic Explorer's Lifeboat Expedition

By: Peter John Stone

Dr. David Livingstone: The explorer who discovered Victoria Falls

By: Darlene Vaillancourt

Karen Blixen: A Danish Woman who Settled in Kenya

By: Darlene Vaillancourt

Famous Explorers - Mungo Park: African Exploration - To Discover the Course of the River Niger

By: Feature Writer Neil Gunn

Famous Irish Australians: Explorer Robert O'Hara Burke and author Thomas Keneally

By: David Whitley

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