The first true ocean-going boats were invented by the Austronesian peoples. Curated/Reviewed by Matthew A. McIntoshPublic HistorianBrewminate...
Exploration
By 10,000 years ago, humans had migrated to most habitable lands that could be reached on foot....
For the colonizers, it was a tremendous success. For the colonized, it was a catastrophe of epic...
Drake was on an official mission to find a trade route – and a secret mission from...
The new imperialists set up the administration of the native areas for the benefit of the colonial...
The myth of the Northwest Passage is part of the northern romance of the conflict between men...
In the 18th Century, most travelers and explorers had painters and illustrators at their sides who recorded...
Magellan’s voyage in search of the “Spice Islands” was marked by storms, sharks, and scurvy—plus multiple attempts...
Arctic ice has long proved a stern adversary to explorers. Exploring the representation of this fearful foe...
An introduction to the development, sponsorship, and goals of European expeditions from the eighteenth to the nineteenth...
There were many expeditions in search of a Northwest Passage during the 1700s. They include the voyages...
It can easilybe argued that the United States exists today becausemedieval Europeans liked spicy food. Introduction The...