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Explorers

Explorers are persons who travel to unknown lands or places to find more about the place. This is called exploration.

We define exploration as:

The act of travelling to distant or unknown places for the purpose of discovering them

Many people have explored many places in the earth as well in the space. So we have taken effort to list all the explorers and their exploration for you

Afonso de Albuquerque: Afonso was a Portuguese explorer and soldier. He sailed to Spice Islands and around Africa to Indian Ocean.

Roald Amundsen: Norwegian polar explorer. He was the first person to reach the north and south poles. He was the first person to sail around the world through northeast and northwest passages, i.e. from Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean.

Vasco Nunez de Balboa: Spanish explorer. First person to explore the eastern part of the Pacific Ocean.

Nicholas Baudin: French explorer. Explored the coastlines of Australia.

Colonel Daniel Boone: American explorer. Founded the first American settlement to the west of Appalachian Mountains.
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