Learn more about some of the history’s most famous explorers and what they are remembered for today. Time Period: Late 13 th century Destination: Asia Marco Polo was a Venetian explorer known ...

Amelia Earhart poses for a portrait in an airplane circa 1936. The pilot is among the most famous Western explorers that met an uncertain fate. Western history is full of the daring feats of ...

Percy Fawcett's quest to find a lost city in the Amazon jungle ended in mystery. A century later, his story continues to ...

The origins as well as the final resting place of the 15th-century explorer who led Spanish-funded expeditions from the 1490s onward, opening the way for the European conquest of the Americas ...

It’s charmingly and anachronistically named Fram2, after the famous icebreaker used by Norwegian ... Wang is a big fan of Nansen and other early explorers. (If you’re curious, there’s ...

Christopher Columbus was Jewish, DNA experts concluded in a long-awaited investigation into the true origins of one of history’s most famous explorers. Researcher conducted over 22 years ...