Explorer Archive

Pytheas’s Voyage To The Arctic In 325 B.C. And Account Of Thule, The Strange Land Beyond

AncientPages.com | May 29, 2021

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Who was the first explorer to visit the Arctic? That is a question one cannot answer quickly. The lack of historical references dealing

Mysterious Disappearance Of Explorer Peng Jiamu In Lop Nur – The Wandering Lake

AncientPages.com | December 20, 2018

Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Peng Jiamu was a great scientist and explorer who vanished during an expedition in China's Lop Nur, the "Wandering Lake." It is a hostile

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On This Day In History: James Cook – Navigator And Explorer – Killed On Feb 14, 1779

AncientPages.com | February 14, 2017

AncientPages.com - On February 14, 1779, James Cook was killed by a mob on the Sandwich Islands (now called Hawaii). At the time, he was trying to take

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On This Day In History: Crew Of Discovery Launches Mutiny Against Captain Henry Hudson – On June 22, 1611

AncientPages.com | June 22, 2016

AncientPages.com - On June 22, 1611, the crew of Discovery mutinies against its captain, English navigator Henry Hudson. Two years earlier, in 1609, Captain Hudson sailed to the Americas