So You Want To Be An Explorer?
So You Want To Be An Explorer?
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Below are links to some of the explorers mentioned in the book, "So You Want To Be An Explorer?" by Judith St. George. Select someone that sounds interesting to you and find out more about her or him!
Below are links to some of the explorers mentioned in the book, "So You Want To Be An Explorer?" by Judith St. George. Select someone that sounds interesting to you and find out more about her or him!
1. Marco Polo
1. Marco Polo
At 17 years old, Marco traveled to Asia and stayed for 24 years.
In 334 BCE, Alexander conquered most of the known world.
His expedition was the first to sail around the world.
Barbara was the first woman to climb North America's highest peak.
Heinrich explored thousands of miles of Africa's Sahara Desert.
11. Amerigo Vespucci
11. Amerigo Vespucci
Amerigo has the honor of America being named after him. Why?
Horace is credited with inventing the sport of mountain climbing.
Bjarni passed by land that Leif later landed on...North America.
Rene' crossed the same Mississippi River and claimed it for France.
19. Jim White
19. Jim White
Jim explored a cave now known as Carlsbad Caverns...when he was 16.
21. Thomas Stevens
21. Thomas Stevens
In 1884 Thomas rode around the world...on a bicycle!
23. Wiley Post
23. Wiley Post
Wiley was the first person to fly solo around the world in a plane.
25. David Kunst
25. David Kunst
After 4 years, David made it around the world...on foot.
Bertrand and Brian sailed around the world...in a hot air balloon.
Francisco traveled with Balboa, but later had him arrested and killed.
31. Hiram Bingham
31. Hiram Bingham
Hiram set out to find a lost Inca city, but found an even bigger one!
David went to Africa in search of the source of the Nile River in 1866.
Ernest never made it to the South Pole...but he saved his entire crew.
Meriwether and William found a route to the Pacific Ocean...by land!
Jacques and Don dive to the deepest part of the Earth in a bathyscaphe.
Francis and Craig were the first to decode human DNA.
Mary traveled to Africa to study the cannibals and lived to tell about it.
Thor proved one could sail from Peru to Polynesia.
Robert and Matthew reached the North Pole on their 5th attempt.
8. Chuck Yeager
8. Chuck Yeager
In 1947 Chuck was the first human to break the sound barrier.
Roald and Robert raced each other to the North Pole. Roald won.
12. Gertrude Bell
12. Gertrude Bell
Gertrude rode a camel side-saddle across the Arabian Desert.
John was one of the first "white" men to explore the Grand Canyon.
16. Hernando de Soto
16. Hernando de Soto
Hernando was the first European to cross the Mississippi River.
18. Pytheas
18. Pytheas
Pytheas discovered that daytime in the Arctic Circle can last 6 months.
20. Joshua Slocum
20. Joshua Slocum
In 1895 Joshua sailed around the world...by himself.
22. Hugo Eckener
22. Hugo Eckener
Hugo flew around the world...in a blimp (dirigible).
24. Yuri Gagarin
24. Yuri Gagarin
Yuri was the first person to fly into space.
26. Ted Simon
26. Ted Simon
Ted rode around the world...on a motorcycle.
Vasco was the first European to see the Pacific Ocean.
30. Henry Hudson
30. Henry Hudson
Henry had a river, a bay AND a straight named after him.
Teddy explored the Amazon rainforest and had a river named after him.
40. George Mallory
40. George Mallory
George tried to climb Mt. Everest 3 times but died on his last attempt.
42. Amelia Earhart
42. Amelia Earhart
Amelia was the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean.
Edmund and Tenzing are the first to reach the top of Mt. Everest.
Neil, Buzz and Michael were the first humans to land on the moon.
48. James Cook
48. James Cook
James made the most accurate maps of the Pacific Ocean.
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