During the dangerous expedition led by Ferdinand Magellan, he grappled with mutinies, lost ships, and a disease-ridden crew. Tragically, he never made it home.
Over the centuries, European explorers have done some undoubtedly wild (and disgraceful) things to survive and profit.
Lawrence of Arabia is one of the greatest films ever made, but the life of the real T.E. Lawrence was even more thrilling than what was shown onscreen.
Peter Freuchen was a fearless Danish explorer who escaped an avalanche by making a frozen dagger out of his own excrement.
"I did not write half of what I saw, for I knew I would not be believed" —Marco PoloBorn in 1254 in Venice, Italy, Marco Polo set out on a journey to Asia with his...
Evidence now substantiates the claims that the Vikings reached the Americas before other European expeditions.
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