Exploration changes the world!

27/10/2011

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Look up an explorer from your home country and share with the rest of us what s/he did and when. It could be an early or a modern day explorer.

*Remember to cite where you got your information just in case someone wants to read further about your explorer (google.com is not a source!). 

 


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Miss Keenan
27/10/2011 14:11

Space Explorer Neil Armstrong, USA

On July 16, 1969, Neil Armstrong became the first person to walk on the moon. When he took his first step off the Eagle Lunar Module, he said, "One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind." He spent about 2.5 hours exploring the moon.

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/space.shtml

http://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/k-4/stories/first-person-on-moon.html

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Mr. Gallagher
27/10/2011 16:59

I was very honored and surprised to find there is an explorer from my very home town; Dundalk, Ireland!
Thomas Coulter (1793–1843) explored the areas of Mexico and California mostly finding new types of cactus plant!
There's even a tree named after him!
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Coulter+pine

I know, it's not really as exciting as landing on the moon but, hey, I'll take any sort of recognition for a fellow Dundalk person!

Sources:
http://www.enotes.com/topic/Thomas_Coulter
http://www.irelandcactus.com/museum.htm


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Ami
28/10/2011 19:25

Naomi Uemura is the Japanese adventurer.He was the first person who reached the North Pole solo and climbed Mount McKinley solo.He tried many adventurer alone.He disappeared just after he reached summit of Mount McKinley in 1984.
Sorses:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naomi_Uemura

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alison
28/10/2011 19:26

Maie - Curie Sklodowska was born on November 7th 1867 in Warsaw, Poland. She discovered Radio-active substances such as Radium and Polonium. She died July 4th 1934. She was the first ever female to receive Nobel Prise in 1903.

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Miya
29/10/2011 10:35

Charles Nainoa Thompson, Hawaii USA

Nainoa was born in 1953 (still alive) and explored since 1976. He explored how the ancient Hawaiians actually came to Hawaii by building a canoe without any machines to help him. He also explored how you navigate without a GPS. He used the sky, stars, birds and wind patterns to get to New Zealand and back to Hawaii.

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Miya
29/10/2011 10:37

Sources: http://www.ifa.hawaii.edu/tops/nainoa.html

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miho
29/10/2011 16:31

Christopher and Cosmas are both Japanese men only known by their christian names. They travelled across the Pacific on a Spanish Galleon in 1758. they went with the English navigator Thomas Cavendash to England and the Southern Atlantic. they dissapeared with the sinking ship in 1592. Christopher and Cosmas came close to comleting the first Japanese navigation of the world. This will not happen until 1837.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_and_Cosmas

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Brendan
29/10/2011 18:34

Carl Peters (1856-1918)He discovered and explored Africa in hope of creating a German colony there




Source:
http://africanhistory.about.com/cs/biography/p/bio_peters.htm

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Seung Min
30/10/2011 10:02

In 1954 Huh young ho borned.He climbed the MountEverest
http://search.naver.com/search.naver?where=nexearch&sm=ies_hty&query=%ED%97%88%EC%98%81%ED%98%B8

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Lauren
30/10/2011 11:06

Lewis and Clark (Lewis born in 1774 and Clark in 1770)
In 1803 president Thomas Jefferson sent William Clark and Meriwether Lewis to explore the new piece of land purchased by the US government from the French, called the Louisiana Territory. They spent 3 years exploring Western US in rough conditions.

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Kaori
30/10/2011 11:17

Tenjiku Tokubei is a Japanese boatman who drifted as far as Tenjiku (India). He became a town topic after making a miraculous return home. He was born on 1612 and died in 1692.


http://www.frontiernet.net/~jimbot/tenjiku.htm
http://www.trueknowledge.com

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Marushka
30/10/2011 13:35

Nain Singh Rawat

Nain Singh Rawat was one of the first pundits who explored the Himalayas for the British in the 19th century. He also explored Tibet and Central Asia.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nain_Singh_Rawat

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amber
30/10/2011 14:24

Mary Kingsley
born in england
first european to enter remote parts of gabon
born on October 13 ,1862 died June 3,1900

wikipedia

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Lauren
30/10/2011 15:41

Sources W_Clark.html
http://jtawson.tripod.com/

http;//www.edgate.com/lewisandclark/BIOs/BIO_W_Clark.html

http;//www.edgate.com/lewisandclark/BIOs/BIO_M_Lewis.html

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Jasmine
30/10/2011 19:36

Louis Joliet discovered the Great Lakes and also discovered the Mississippi River. She's a Canadian explorer. Born 1645 and died on 1700.

Sources:

http://www.elizabethan-era.org.uk/louis-joliet.htm

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Ellen
30/10/2011 20:22

Eva Dickson is a Swedish Explorer, rally car driver and writer. Eva was the first woman to cross the Sahara Desert by car. Perhaps she was the first rally driver in Sweden.

If you want to find out more about Eva Dickson you can go to:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eva_Dickson




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Mei
30/10/2011 21:39

Alvaro De Mendana is a Spanish explorer. He discovered Solomon Islands and Santa Cruz. He was born at 1542. died in 1595.

Learn more about Alvaro De Mendana at

http://www.enotes.com/topic/%C3%81lvaro_de_Menda%C3%B1a_de_Neira

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Jung min link
30/10/2011 22:00

In 1990, Kim Yuna borned. She was start skating from 7 yesrs old and to be winner in the world champion.
she is famous of skating in the Korea..

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Jung Min
30/10/2011 22:07

In 1990, Kim Yuna borned. She was start skating from 7 yesrs old and to be winner in the world champion.
she is famous of skating in the Korea..

http://www.yunakim.com/

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Sheharyar
30/10/2011 22:28

Ashraf Aman was born in 1943 and was the first Pakistani to climb K2, the second tallest mountain in the world, right now he is 68 years old.

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Linn
31/10/2011 15:13

Eva Dickson was born in Sweden 1905. she was a famous explorer, writer and rally driver. Eva was the first person to go by car in the sahara desert.
On 22nd of April, 1938 she died in a car crash in India.
Find out more on:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eva_Dickson


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Juan-Peter
31/10/2011 16:40

James Chapman was a South African explorer, hunter, trader and photographer. He was born on 27 December 1831 in Cape Town.

His aim was to explore the Zambesi River from the Victoria Falls down to its delta.

Unfortunately sickness and misfortune stopped him from reaching his goal.

James Chapman died on 4 February 1872.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Chapman_(explorer)

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daria
31/10/2011 18:00

Yuri Gagarin was a person who went around the earth in 1hour and 48min.he lived in Russia in 19s.

my source is:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Yuri_Gagarin

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Mollie Blakey link
31/10/2011 18:26

Sir Francis Drake helped defeat the spanish armada and was the first english man to sail around the world.
He was born in 1541 twenty miles away from Plymouth and Died in 1596.

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Teo
31/10/2011 18:29

Xavier Mertz was born in 1883 in Basel,Switzerland.He went to ski and explore Antarctica.Nobody knows how he died but he died on January 8,1913 My source was: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xavier_Mertz

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Nicolas
31/10/2011 19:12

Karl Mauch was a German explorer.He was born on May 7th 1837 in a city in Germany called Württemberg and died on April 4th 1875.Mauch
was known for the discovery of Great Zimbabwe/Africa.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Mauch

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Riley
31/10/2011 19:46

My expolorer was James cook
he is an English expoloer
he was a captin for sailing and took care of a diases called scuvy
he found austrlia
he was a alive in 1728-1779
if you want more info please go to:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Cook
wikapidia seach james cook
by Riley

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Andrew
31/10/2011 20:50

David Livingstone
was born in 1813 in Blantyre,Scotland
He was one of the most famous African explorers.He spent 30 years exploring almost a third of the contenent. He tried to stop slave trading.
He died in 1873.

source: http://www.scotlandvacations.com/livingstone.htm

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alex
01/11/2011 16:18

this is an early explorer from spain his name is Francisco Pizarro.
born on 1478 died in 1541.
He was famous for conquering the incas of peru.

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Ramya
01/11/2011 17:07

Amelia Earhart was an American explorer who flew on a airplane all over the world. Born on July 24, 1892. She was the first person to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. Amelia disappeared on July 2, 1937 age 39 going to Howland Island.

You can find more facts about Amelia Earhart at:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amelia_Earhart

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kevin link
01/11/2011 17:56

hi this is an explorer from australia. he is called burke. he was born on 1821. he died on 1861. he explored unexplored australian territory.
find more abot him in the webstite wwww.burke and will.com

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Zain
01/11/2011 18:30

Namira Salim is an explorer from Pakistan,she was born in 1975 in the same city I come from,Karachi.She was the first asian to skydive from an alltitude higher than Mount Everest,she was also the first Pakistani to reach both Northand South poles.In 2012 she will be the first Pakistani in space.To find out more about her look up http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Namira_Salim.

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Miss Keenan
01/11/2011 18:43

Wow, I'm so amazed at how many explorers I never new about! Thank you for sharing!

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Anisah
01/11/2011 19:16

I found a explorer and his name is Awang.He is from Malaca,Malaysia he went with Magllan to explor the Philippines near the 1600 hundreds

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Vitya
01/11/2011 20:39

My explorer is actually a team from Indonesia who attempts to reach all the Seven Summits before Proclamation of Indonesian Independence date celebration on Aug 17, 2011. And yes, they really made it! They are: Sofyan Arief Pasa; Broery Andrew Sihombing; Xaverius Frans; Max Agung and Janathan Ginting.

Source : http://en/wikipedia.org/wiki/Indonesia_Seven_Summits_Expedition

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Jng Min
01/11/2011 21:40

In 1966, Oh Eun Sun borned. she is mountaineer.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oh_Eun-Sun
http://oes.blackyak.co.kr/m11.asp?pn=1&sn=1

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Jung Min
01/11/2011 21:41

In 1966, Oh Eun Sun borned. she is mountaineer.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oh_Eun-Sun
http://oes.blackyak.co.kr/m11.asp?pn=1&sn=1

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Haerin
01/11/2011 22:23

Lee So Yeon, a South Korean scientist, was born in 1978. On April 8 2008, she became the first Korean who had flown to space. With her exploration, South Korea became 35th country that owns astronaut.


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Haerin
01/11/2011 22:24

Lee So Yeon, a South Korean scientist, was born in 1978. On April 8 2008, she became the first Korean who had flown to space. With her exploration, South Korea became 35th country that owns astronaut.



Source : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yi_So-Yeon

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alex
02/11/2011 06:43

I found that person on brain pop

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Chiemi
02/11/2011 16:14

His name is Ogasawara Sadayori.He was a person who discovered the Ogasawara Islands in Japan. I found him in wikipedia.

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Zain
03/11/2011 18:38

But Sir Francis Drake was part of people who sold slaves. He died while lanching an unsuccesful attack on San Juan,Puerto Rico.

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