explorers

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The voyage was marketed for explorers eager to venture to “the edges of the map,” from Antarctica to some of the most remote islands in the world.

From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2026

But it was a chance to capture the imaginations of new generations of future space explorers, while also calling back to the one-giant-step-for-mankind sense of awed enormity that characterized the 20th-century Space Race.

From Salon • Apr. 25, 2026

The presence of the Catholic Church in Angola dates back to the late 15th Century, when Portuguese explorers and missionaries arrived along the Angolan coast.

From BBC • Apr. 12, 2026

None of us ever met Christopher Columbus or Ferdinand Magellan or Vasco da Gama, the great explorers of history, but for more than 50 years astronauts have walked among us.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026

They weren’t explorers on the moon, just Coalwood miners going to work.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam