10 Interesting Fact About Famous explorers and adventurers

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• Christopher Columbus is an Italian sailor employed by the King and Queen of Spain to look for trade routes to Asia. However, he actually discovered America in 1492 while searching for shorter sea routes to Asia.
• Marco Polo is a Venice explorer who traveled to China in the 13th century. He spent 17 years in China and became an advisor to the Mongol Emperor Kubali Khan.
• Ferdinand Magellan is a Portuguese sailor who led the first expedition to surround the world. Although he was killed on his way, several crew members managed to return to Spain in 1522.
• Captain James Cook is a British explorer who made three trips to the Pacific Ocean in the 18th century. He found the Hawaii Islands and claimed Australia for Britain.
• Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay are mountain climbers who first reached the summit of Mount Everest in 1953. They were members of the British-Nepal expedition led by John Hunt.
• Neil Armstrong is Astronaut United States who became the first human to set foot in the moon in 1969. He said the famous sentence One Small Step for Man, One Giant Leap for Mankind.
• Roald Amundsen was an explorer of Norwegian who became the first person to reach the South Pole in 1911. He was also the first person to navigate the Northwest Strait in Canada.
• Amelia Earhart is a United States pilot who tried to surround the world in 1937. Unfortunately, she was missing on flights on the Pacific Ocean and was never found.
• Vasco da Gama is a Portuguese sailor who discovered the sea route to India in the 15th century. He opened a direct trade route between Europe and Asia.
• Sir Ernest Shackleton is a British explorer who led an expedition to Antarctica in 1914. Although his ship sank and he and his crew were stranded in Antarctica for several months, they all managed to survive back to England.