10 Interesting Fact About Famous explorers and their expeditions

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• Marco Polo, a famous explorer from Venice, has been traveling for 24 years to Asia. He found many new things during his expedition, including paper flowers and icebergs.
• Christopher Columbus, a famous explorer from Spain, initially wanted to find a way to India but instead found America. He did four expeditions to the new world.
• James Cook, a British sailor, conducted three expeditions to the Pacific Ocean in the 18th century. He found many islands and knew more about culture in the region.
• Ferdinand Magellan, a Portuguese explorer, was the first person to surround the world in the 16th century. He traveled for three years and died while doing battles in the Philippines.
• Lewis and Clark, two American explorers, carried out an expedition to the western United States in the early 19th century. They found many new things during their trip, including new travel routes and plant and animal species that had never been found before.
• Roald Amundsen, a Norwegian explorer, was the first person to reach the South Pole in 1911. He also had an expedition to the North Pole and sailed the Arctic Ocean.
• Neil Armstrong, an American astronaut, was the first person to set foot on the moon in 1969. He traveled into space for 8 days.
• Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay, two mountain climbers from New Zealand and Nepal, were the first to reach the summit of Mount Everest in 1953. They made climbing for 2 months.
• Ernest Shackleton, a British explorer, carried out an expedition to Antarctica in the early 20th century. His expedition was stopped because his ship was trapped between the ice and he had to guide the crew to survive for several months.
• Sir Walter Raleigh, a British explorer, conducted an expedition to South America in the 16th century. He found many species of new plants and animals during the trip.