Lord, Lewis,

The Explorers. Lewis Lord and others. - U.S. News & World Report, 2004. - SIRS Enduring Issues 2005. Article 6, Global Issues, 1522-3221; .

Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2005. Originally Published: The Explorers, Feb. 23-March 1, 2004; pp. 50+.

This article provides a brief history of the careers and paths of various explorers from antiquity through modern times including Lewis & Clark, the first Americans, Zheng He, known as "the Chinese Columbus" (U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT), Rabban Sauma, Magellan, Sir Francis Drake, Gerard Mercator, Vitus Bering, Captain James Cook, the pirate William Dampier, Ernest Henry Wilson, Bertrand and Jacques Piccard, Eric Shipton and Roald Amundsen.

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Amundsen, Roald 1872-1928
Bering, Vitus 1680-1741
Cook, James 1728-1779
Dampier, William 1652-1750
Drake, Francis ca. 1540-1596
Magellan, Ferdinand ca. 1480-1521
Mercator, Gerardus 1512-1594
Sauma, Rabban ca. 1260-1313
Shipton, Eric 1907-1977
Wilson, Ernest Henry 1876-1930
Zheng He 1371-1433


Anthropology--Research
Ballooning--History
Botanists
Cartography
Discoveries in geography
Explorers
Frontier thesis
Indians of North America--History
Indians of South America--History
Lewis and Clark Expedition (1804-1806)
Mountaineers
Piccard family
Prehistoric peoples--America
Voyages around the world


Arctic regions--Research
West (U.S.)--History

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