10 Interesting Fact About The world's most famous explorers and their expeditions

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• Christopher Columbus did not find America, he first landed in Bahamas and then carried out several expeditions to the Caribbean region.
• Ferdinand Magellan was the first person to surround the world, even though he himself did not finish exploring him because he died in the Philippines.
• Neil Armstrong was the first person to run on the moon in 1969 during the Apollo 11 mission.
• Marco Polo is one of the biggest adventurers in the world, who traveled to China in the 13th century and wrote a book about his experience.
• Captain James Cook is a British sailor who explored the Pacific Ocean and found Australia and the Hawaii Islands.
• Ibn Battuta is a Muslim explorer from Morocco who traveled throughout the world in the 14th century and wrote about his experience.
• Roald Amundsen was the first person to reach the South Pole in 1911.
• David Livingstone is a Scottish missionary and explorer who discovered Victoria Falls and explored Africa for more than 30 years.
• Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay were the first to reach the summit of Mount Everest in 1953.
• Jacques Cousteau is a famous sea explorer and inventor of modern submarines used to explore the depth of the sea.